railclone and FP have lost all material links

[quadrantatelier]

I have reinstalled RC and FP and 3ds max. now all things have lost their material link. I have to manually find their location using asset link.

Is there a way i can automatically relink the plugins with thier libaries again without having to do this everytime i make something?

regards

[Michal Karmazín]

Hi,

I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing issues with this. Normally, it shouldn’t be necessary to configure these paths manually. When FP/RC is loaded, it automatically checks if the paths exist, and if not, they can all be added automatically (a warning message will appear). If you previously selected the Do not show this message again option, the pop-up window may have been disabled. You can restore it by setting checkTexturePaths = 1 in the forestpack.ini configuration file, which is located by default at:
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C:\Users\<yourUsername>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\<maxversion>\ENU\en-US\plugcfg

For the RailClone plug-in, the process is similar. I recommend checking whether the following system registry key (via regedit.exe) has CheckTexturePath = 1 set: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Itoo Software\RailClone Pro]. If not, you can use the attached file (RC_CheckPaths.reg) to restore it. RailClone checks the folders specified in this registry key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Itoo Software\RailClone Pro\TexturePaths]

These paths should appear in the 3ds Max settings within the 3dsmax.ini file, which by default is located at:

C:\Users\<yourUsername>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\<max version>\enu\3dsmax.ini

In recent versions of 3ds Max, you can also use environment variables for this purpose (e.g., ADSK_3DSMAX_ASSETS_MAPS_DIR). Please see the following link for more details:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-D7D373FD-CA78-4986-AB3D-B1E25F2A37CC

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

[iToo]

You also can use Library Browser->File->Preferences->'Add maps folders...'->'Process Now', to launch the scan maps process manually.