• Convert D3D Materials - convert base to compound, convert compound to yafaray and indigo. Change material instancing.
• Materials List -
• Fix Orphan Materials - some operations will copy mesh portions with all the original materials even if only one is used. This fixes those cases.
• Remove Unused Scene Instanced - clear out any unused materials from the scene Materials node
• Fix Bitmaps For Export - report on and fix bitmap file references for exporting
• Convert to Material List - convert old materials to compatible "Material List" format
• Material Name Conform - if material has no name add one using the material node name, if the material has a name rename the material node to match
• Cycle Material Edit - cycle the materials to the editor for the selected object
• Cycle Material Edit Copy - cycle the materials to the editor for the selected object using a copy of the material. use to make a new material based on a preexisting one

Convert D3D Materials:

Material Converter

This button will fall back to the Unofficial Update Material Converter

Materials List:

Materials List

This button will fall back to the Unofficial Update Material List. Note "Material" not "Materials"

The UU may have been altered in which case the fallback won't do anything.

Fix Orphan Materials:

If a mesh has multiple materials applied to it and the Separate Selection tool is used all the materials are copied which can result in orphan material nodes and connections. The orphans could cause a problem with some exporters. Drag this node into the link editor and run it to remove all the orphans in a scene.

Old version included the "Remove Unused Scene Instanced". Extra scene instanced materials have no bad effect except for taking up space.

The UU version will clear undo history.

Remove Unused Scene Instanced:

Will delete all scene instanced materials that are not assigned to any mesh in the scene.

Convert to Material List:

Used to convert old style materials to the Material List form.

Selected Only - when checked will only operate on the active selection

Conform Material Name:

Used to add a Name to the material. The name is taken from the material node name. If the material already has a Name it will rename the material node to match to make it easier to find in the link editor or scene view.

Selected Only - when checked will only operate on the active selection

Fix Bitmaps For Export:

Bitmap Texture Report and Fix

Used to alter bitmap references so they point to local images. Some exporters require this.

Gives a list of all textures used in a scene. Red indicates some error with the texture file or that the bitmap file doesn't exist in the file system. Can fix purely embedded bitmaps so they reference image files on the local machine. Drag the node into the link editor and drag out of the Stack View. Useful when exporting to other applications.

Red indicates image files that don't exist on the local machine or the bitmap does no refer to any texture file

Gray indicates good bitmap image state

Create Texture Files will recreate the bitmap texture files localy and assign those files to the material bitmaps. Lines with good state will not be altered or copied.

Controls

• Selected Only - only report on and fix the selected items
• Update List - generate the report
• Folder - choose a folder for the image files
• Open - open file explorer to the selected folder
• Replacement Extension - if None then the files will use the original extensions. If the file is not defined in the bitmap then a random named jpg file will be created.
• Create Texture Files - create image files from the bitmaps embedded inside the objects and then reload the bitmaps from the new files

Steps

1. run Update List to see the scope of the problem
2. choose a folder to save the image files to
3. choose a replacement extension if desired - use when the destination requires a specific format or destination is incompatible with the current file format
4. run Create Texture Files
5. the report will re-run after the fixes are complete

Notes

• "Selected Only" looks directly in the selected nodes. It does not cross reference into the scene based instancing Materials node. So the material(s) must be directly selected in that case.

TODO

note Backyard scene Material, 1 has AlphaTexture but it does not export properly - bitmap format issue?

future include material name if present

future bitmap color format in the report

future adjust for R8 format image - only dds file format will work so will need to change the bitmap format before saving?

Use with:

fbx export

gltf export - already has some texture reference fixes but not complete