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General Discussion

TGA files

xbusymom
Sunday, November 13, 2022 - 18:14
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maybe you didn't realize...?

 

I was sort of aggrevated to find out that the 4 dozen+ files and packs I downloaded to gather items to work with on my project ... included the same filename for different static meshes. 

diffuse.tga

normal.tga

specular.tga

 

... all of which were skipped/overwritten/ duplicate-numbered...

(6+hours I now have to painstakingly redo to find out which ones I need to rename/match-up/reload so I dont have unusable item blobs with no textures).

 

can the community of art developers please make an effort to rename the files to a more specific filename?

Thanks,

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Sunday, November 13, 2022 - 18:25
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Those are standard file names for 3D texture components. Renaming them would cause them to work on fewer modeling software. It's also standard practice to download and extract textures into separate folders from each other, so like-named components don't get overwritten. 

You weren't prompted to confirm that you wanted to overwrite existing files? What operating system and browser are you using?

--Medicine Storm

 

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xbusymom
joined 2 years 6 months ago
Sunday, November 13, 2022 - 20:07
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sorry about the rant... it just blew my mind to think that I spent so much time for nothing... I have a full time job and several extra duties at home, so my spare moments for this project are rare and must be superproductive...

I am using windows11 and Brave browser, but the internet browser has nothing to do with extracting files from the zipped files and 7z. I did get overwrite warnings, but Coppercube doesnt pull from all the sub/sub/sub folders unless I add every item/pack folder(s).

Granted I dont know a lot about game engines, but I was copy/pasting into an All-Assets single folder to make it easier to find textures/items... also I am finding fbx and blend do not work as well as obj and textures. I have discovered that the renamed tga will work with the static mesh simply because i can use it as a texture.

any help would be appreciated.

LDean

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Sunday, November 13, 2022 - 20:24
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Understood. Unfortunately there is no good way to change industry standard surrounding common texture file names.

Which is more less difficult for you?

  1. downloading the packages, unpacking them with 7-zip, then renaming each one before copying them into your All-Assets folder? or
  2. downloading the packages, unpacking them with 7-zip into separate subfolders, and adding each item/pack folder into Coppercube?

I do not intend that cynically. One of those two options may be the best way forward for your circumstances. There is no way to globally batch-change the filenames inside packages from hundreds of different artists, unfortunately. Once I know which is a better option for you, I can advise the best course to maixmize your productivity in the limited time you have available.

I can also help identify every package you have downloaded from this site. I don't know if that is some of the information you are missing, but if so, I can help identify which packages you may need to re-download.

--Medicine Storm

 

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xbusymom
joined 2 years 6 months ago
Monday, November 14, 2022 - 17:15
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I have the original zipped packages, as well as the extracted files in their original unpacked path structure. It would probably be easier to find out how to add the paths to coppercube, that way I could simply unpack and go.

some of the meshes are buried 2-5 levels down... and i couldnt figure out the paths for all the different types

dae

blend

fbx

obj

... etc.

 

thx- laury

LDean

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xbusymom
joined 2 years 6 months ago
Monday, November 14, 2022 - 17:16
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I have wednesday off work... if you want to connect and sort this out with a phone call?

LDean

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Monday, November 14, 2022 - 21:41
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The best I can offer is text chat via Discord.

--Medicine Storm

 

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fantomx11
joined 6 years 5 months ago
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - 05:22

For me, when I need to rename a bunch of files in a relatively formulaic manner, I do the following:

  1. browse to the folder with the files in Windows Explorer
  2. type cmd in the address bar to open a command prompt in that folder
  3. run the command dir > rename_all.bat in the command prompt
  4. Edit the resulting batch file so that I get just the filenames and add ren to the beginning of each line. note: I use a text editor that allows me to edit multiple lines at a time and make use of this capability on this step.
  5. Add a space at the end of each line and then put the new name of each file.
  6. Save and run the batch file from Windows Explorer

This won't help with identifying them, but it does make the process of renaming files a lot easier once they've been identified.

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Commander
joined 5 years 5 months ago
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 11:55
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-Before download you have to rename folders by self.
..It`s called personal programmer folder hygiene,
.there is no cure for this.

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xbusymom
joined 2 years 6 months ago
Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 20:44
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Thank you for the good advice for this newbie... I got it figured out.

LDean

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zuleo
joined 2 years 6 months ago
Saturday, November 19, 2022 - 06:38
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LDean, I wrote a command line utility that renames files and can be customized with different options.  It's been handy since I have a few naming rules I follow when renaming assets.  It's open source and anyone is welcome to use:

https://github.com/3ee-Games/file-renamer-pro

 

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