@solo said:
The problem I have is many of my programs like render apps have materials mapped to certain drives, if I start changing stuff around I will lose all my texture mapping, so, Is there anyway I can transfer my materials folder (57GB) to a new drive and still keep the paths without having to remap all models again?
Probably best way to handle this is via symlinks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link
Example with Thea materials, first backup "C:\ProgramData\Thea Render\Materials". Delete the material folder "Materials". Create junction pointing to a new empty folder (d:\Thea Render\Materials) in other drive. Restore files back to "C:\ProgramData\Thea Render\Materials".
For junction creation start cmd prompt via "Run as administrator". Then change path to C:\ProgramData\Thea Render
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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C;\Users\pjl>cd "c;\programdata\Thea Render"
c;\ProgramData\Thea Render>
Now create junktion pointing to d:\Thea Render\Materials (Remember to create the new material folder first on d:).
c;\ProgramData\Thea Render>mklink /J Materials "d;\Thea Render\Materials"
Junction created for Materials <<===>> d;\Thea Render\Materials
if you are going to use network drivers, then junktion will not work, you must use symlink /D -parameter instead of /J.
c;\ProgramData\Thea Render>mklink /D Materials "x;\Thea Render\Materials"
Where x: is mapped network drive. Or if you prefer UNC paths
c;\ProgramData\Thea Render>mklink /D Materials \\server\Materials
