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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] General Discussion => Topic started by: Tom on 2022-03-01, 06:58:03

Title: Changing the Corona material library location?
Post by: Tom on 2022-03-01, 06:58:03

Hi,

Currently the Corona material library location is: C:\Program Files\Corona\materials

It's not very convenient as I could save some storage on my system disk by moving it to another drive.

So I moved this folder out of the system drive, and when I launch Corona renderer I have an error message saying I must install the library, but I don't have any option to look for the new library folder location.

Is there anyway I can move the library out of its default location?

Thank you,

Title: Re: Changing the Corona material library location?
Post by: Tom on 2022-03-03, 05:15:38

Hi all,

Is there any knowledgeable person to answer me please?

Your help is much appreciated.


Thank you.

Title: Re: Changing the Corona material library location?
Post by: Ondra on 2022-03-03, 08:38:59

Hi,
we will not develop the material library further (except for adding new materials), and instead it will be folded into Chaos Cosmos in future versions.

You can now simply move the library anywhere, e.g. D:\, and use mklink /J "C:\Program Files\Corona\materials" D:\materials command on windows to create a junction ("redirect"). Everything will work as if the folder was in C:/, but it will be stored in D:

Title: Re: Changing the Corona material library location?
Post by: Tom on 2022-03-03, 11:12:04

Hey, thanks a lot @Ondra,

Sorry but I'm not sure to understand how to proceed: where to enter the command line 'mklink /J "C:\Program Files\Corona\materials" D:\materials'?
Do I have to run this in a CMD interface? Or somewhere inside 3dsmax?

Thank you for clarifying, much appreciated

Title: Re: Changing the Corona material library location?
Post by: romullus on 2022-03-03, 14:01:59

Click on windows start menu, type command prompt, open it as administrator and enter commands as instructed in Ondra's message. You can find more detailed instructions here: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

Title: Re: Changing the Corona material library location?
Post by: Tom on 2022-03-04, 10:02:28

Solved!
Thank you so much to both of you, your help is greatly appreciated 👍