Chaos Corona Forum
Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] Bug Reporting => [Max] Resolved Bugs => Topic started by: whew on 2017-04-24, 15:17:58
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It's the third (if i'm not mistaken) version of Corona already where i have this bug: i can't set autosave path for each file separately. Every newly opened scene inherits the settings from the previously opened one: enable/disable and the path. Therefore if i forget to change the settings in the current scene i get autosave files overwritten the files from the previous scene - which is really bad. In 1.3 (again, if i'm not mistaken) it was ok and every scene kept its own settings of autosaves.
Is it even Corona bug or is it smth with me?) did i miss any delicate setup, any check?
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Starting from Corona 1.5 the system settings are system-specific rather than scene-specific. It means that they will be the same for any scene you open on a given PC.
Can you explain why you would like to have this info baked in each scene? Why use autosave if you can use the custom output save path instead? You can also change the autosave path manually in system settings: https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/12000019240-where-are-the-system-settings-
Additionally, in 1.6 it is now possible to use variables for autosave file/folder names:
-Improved the way expanding variables in autosave works – for example, now it is possible to use D:/autosave/%f/autosave.exr to save each scene autosave into a different subfolder (with subfolders created automatically).
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Thank you for your answer. I'll try to explain.
When I had probems with my computer crashing because of the overheat during renders, autosaves were my saving- i could resume render from the most recent one. Plus I always found it useful to use .cxr to tweak light settings and post in VFB or to make some region renders when returning to the project after some time - when having several projects at a time. And I've had a few unpleasant moments when I forgot to change autosave paths or disable it and found out later that .cxr files I needed were overwritten by another project files. I taught myself to always check those settings in every newly opened scene but found it very uncomfortable.
I use 1.6 and probably this thing with variable subfolders solves the problem, though I still prefer to keep every project in its own folder.
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ok, the recommendation here is to use the filename/date variable. We want to keep the UI as simple and straightforward as possible, which here means single location for all autosaves