:qu: How is the “Open Recent File” determined?
I can’t seem to get any of the most recent models i build show on startup:qu:
It shows the files most recently loaded from the welcome screen. So if you click the link on the welcome screen to load a tool or import an OBJ it’ll be added to the list. But if you’re already in ZBrush and click Tool>Load or Tool>Import it won’t be added.
Why on earth would ZB use the file “load” source for building the recent files list?
Shouldn’t ZBrush give me a list of just the stuff (Documents and Tools) that I’ve recently saved ?
I’ve gotten to the point that I totally ignore the list as unreliable and go find the proper file myself.
I’ve been wondering this myself too. Now the list is quite unusable IMHO.
The welcome screen is a ZScript that runs at launch. Once you’ve gone past it into the interface itself, the ZScript is no longer active. It therefore is no longer aware of what the interface is doing, and so cannot update the recent files list when you load a model from within the Tool palette.
It would probably be possible to write a plugin that gives you new Load and Import buttons in the Tool palette. Those buttons could update the file when you use them to load models. However, you would have to always use the plugin’s buttons rather than ZBrush’s native Load and Import buttons. You’d probably also want new Save and Export buttons.
Ok, thanks for the explanation Aurick.
So How to clear the list?
I would like the Start up screen to show basic primitives i’ve made, but if i change my mind i would like to repeat the process of deleting the old, and creating new lists.
I have opened the StartupScript_RecentFiles.mem in Edit plus, and Wordpad
but there is alot of character stuff, and i don’t want to F*!up the file.
:qu: What is safe to delete.
:qu: How to set the path to the files i want to load.
Delete the ZStartup\ConfigFiles\StartupScript_RecentFiles.mem
This will force ZBrush to default back to the original file list. After that, you will have to manually load the files that you want to use. The files must be loaded using the Startup screen, so after each you’ll need to press the DefaultZScript button in the title bar.