Relink Bitmaps

The script that has saved 147,025,950 minutes or 279 years of artist’s time.

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Direct Download Relink Bitmaps v2.12

Changelog

2.12

• Fix script error for run_count_2_08.php
• Arnold Renderer support added
• Some users reported waiting a long time for the script to launch: this was because of the Auto-Update check and Run count php script. Relink Bitmaps, when ran, checked to see if there was an updated version from this site and also incremented a counter (run_count_2_08.php) to keep track of runs.
• All WebRequests sent to this site have been removed except Auto-Update which has been moved to a button.

Autodesk Installer

If you used the Autodesk Installer, then installation is automatic. You can find Relink Bitmaps on your menu under Exchange Store -> Relink Bitmaps.

Manual Installation

In 3dsmax:

1. Scripts -> Run Script and choose the Relink Bitmaps v#.mzp file you downloaded.
2. Customize -> Customize User Interface
3. Toolbars tab and select the Category: ColinScripts
4. Drag Relink Bitmaps to a toolbar

Previous Versions

Relink Bitmaps v2.11

FAQ

The new version isn’t staying installed

If you’ve updated to the newest version of Relink Bitmaps, but it keeps reverting to the previous version:

1. Uninstall the Autodesk App version by re-downloading it here.
2. Run the installer and click the “Uninstall” option shown here.

Where does Relink Bitmaps store my settings?

Your settings are saved in your Relink Bitmaps.ini file here:
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\MAXVERSION\ENU\scripts

When I click my Relink Bitmaps icon nothing happens

This is usually because Relink Bitmaps remembers which monitor you had it one when you closed it last. To easily fix this open your Relink Bitmaps.ini file and change x and y saved positions to 0.0

Alternatively you can delete your Relink Bitmaps.ini file and it will be created with defaults.

How do I completely remove Relink Bitmaps?

Delete the file Relink Bitmaps.ini file and Relink Bitmaps/ folder here:
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\MAXVERSION\ENU\scripts

How do I run Relink Bitmaps on a folder of max files?

If you want to batch Relink Bitmaps from the command line, or over a series of max files in a directory you’ll want to pair these instructions with Paule Neale’s excellent ‘Batch It Max’ script found here: http://paulneale.com/batch-it-max/

You’ll want to create a new maxscript file to run on each scene:

-- RelinkMyScene.ms file example

-- Get the path to the Relink Bitmaps.mse file
relinkBitmapsFile = (getDir #userscripts) + "\\Relink Bitmaps\\Relink Bitmaps.mse"

-- Import the file and all the functions
fileIn relinkBitmapsFile

-- This will open Relink bitmaps which will load the necessary functions
createDialog rlt_RelinkBitmaps 300 545

-- To search the folders 'C:\Textures' and 'D:\Maps\Scene1' for missing textures and all subfolders this is what you would run:
sceneRelinkBitmaps #(@"C:\Textures", @"D:\Maps\Scene1") ignoreCase:true ignoreExtension:false recursive:true undoOn:false lowMemory:false allMaps:false

-- Close the Relink Bitmaps window
closeRelinkBitmapsDialogs()

Run this file using ‘Batch It Max’ over the folder of max files.