[SOLVED] Autosave enabled by default?

[romullus]

Is there a way to have autosave enabled by default? If not, i'm going to request such ability.

[Ondra]

ok, time for some advanced corona stuff:

1) Determine the plugin configuration directory. It is somewhere in C:/Users/[your username], and it is named "Corona". New daily will be able to open it directly - https://i.imgur.com/VfBhCMC.png

2a) localize the newest Config-[number].conf file in there by date modified, or

2b) close 3dsmax, delete everything in the folder, and start 3dsmax again - only single config file will be created.

3) append new line: bool vfb.autosave.enable = true - syntax is the same as string options. Basically the file is one big list of string options loaded when settings are reset.

4) feel free to modify any other line (core defaults are listed in the file). You can for example enable/disable renderstamp, change renderstamp text, change image filter, material editor quality, number of threads used, clear VFB between renders, background source (corona vs. 3dsmax environment dialog), set default tonemapping parameters, ...

5) save the file

New file will be created if a new Corona build adds a parameter, and at that point you will have to modify it again. But for example for 1.3 only single file will be ever created.

[romullus]

Wow, thank you very much Ondra! Actualy i was looking in config file before asking, but obviously didn't find anything. Is there a place where i can find a list of all available strings?

BTW, ability to access config directory from render settings is really welcome!

[Ondra]

you can look here: https://corona-renderer.com/doc/, take the first name, and replace _ with ., and it should work

[romullus]

How cool is that, now i had set my favorite defaults and everything looks much nicer. Once again, thank you very much!

[maru]

How cool is that, now i had set my favorite defaults and everything looks much nicer. Once again, thank you very much!

I always do this with maxstart.max. I also have IR running in it, and some other things which I used to change every time I reset max, like show safe frames on by default.

[romullus]

I didn't like maxstart when i tried it last time, can't recall why exactly, though. Maybe i should give it another try.

[maru]

I think it's the most noob-friendly way. I only had a problem with it once, when it got corrupted after a crash. Also one drawback is that if you have multiple 3ds installations, the older versions won't be able to open a maxstart saved in newer version. Obviously you can just re-save it in older format.