List of Products Used - script [Commercial]

sidcarton1587

MikeD said:

sidcarton1587 said:

I am trying script and noticing some weird behavior. 

1. Start a new scene (but don't save the scene yet)

2. Load character and outfit

3. Run the script. Shows the products for the character and outfit

4. Save the scene 

3. Run the script. Shows no products at all. 

I've reset the database and re-imported metadata and get the same results. 

Any ideas? Has anyone seen this behavior or can run a quick test on their setup to see if it's just me? 

 

Edit:

Reading further up the thread I suspect that this same behavior would appear in MikeD's commercial script as with the free script if they're based on the same concepts. A little bit of digging uncovered an older thread that pointed out some differences in the way that Asset Manager and Content Manager "see" product information (the latter takes a disk based approaach for example). I wonder, given that the sample script primarily relies on Asset Manager, whether that could cause a problem once the scene is saved. 

I suppose a simple test might be to add a character into an empty scene, save the scene, and add a new character to the scene but don't save the scene file again. Given the behavior I'm seeing, I would expect the sample script run at that point to show the product information for the new character but not the old one. I'll have to try that when I'm back in my workshop. 

 

 

 

This is interesting ...

 

I'll take a look at the content manager and asset manager ...

 

I really apreciate if you link the tread here ...

Thanks in advance

 

Apologies for the late reply. The older thread was something I had stumbled across while Googling on this topic, and I unfortunately didn't bookmark it. I'll try to find it again and share if I find it. 

 

 

 

jmucchiello

This product is sometimes inaccurate.

It always says Ultrascenery is "used" just because it's installed, I guess.

I applies some eye MATs and skin MATs to a figure and it didn't report them at all. They were from Addy Chloe and Expressions for Genesis 9. That product isn't listed.

Products used: =========
- CHB Fiona and Expressions for Genesis 9
- CityScapes Backdrops Volume 2
- Default Resources
- dForce Melanie Outfit for Genesis 9
- FE Ashlee Hair for Genesis 9
- Genesis 9 Starter Essentials
- LOCAL USER
- PW Amphibious Plane Vera
- UltraScenery - Landscape Features Volume 1
======================

(The HDRI background is from Poly Haven.)

MikeD

jmucchiello said:

This product is sometimes inaccurate.

It always says Ultrascenery is "used" just because it's installed, I guess.

I applies some eye MATs and skin MATs to a figure and it didn't report them at all. They were from Addy Chloe and Expressions for Genesis 9. That product isn't listed.

Products used: =========
- CHB Fiona and Expressions for Genesis 9
- CityScapes Backdrops Volume 2
- Default Resources
- dForce Melanie Outfit for Genesis 9
- FE Ashlee Hair for Genesis 9
- Genesis 9 Starter Essentials
- LOCAL USER
- PW Amphibious Plane Vera
- UltraScenery - Landscape Features Volume 1
======================

(The HDRI background is from Poly Haven.)

 

 

 

 

I guess it is the situation described in manual page 14 for not listing the Addy's product:

Check every map (Possible false results):
By default, this option is unchecked. If you have this option checked the script will make
a deeper scan, using all the material maps, to find the products used. This may give false
positive results, if one map is used in several different products.

I also have the "UltraScenery" but it doesn't report for me... If a PA has used it for creating a product it may pop up ...

 

if it reports products that are not used, then it is the case described in manual page 5:

 

 

Beware: In some cases, the script presents a lot more products from the same PA than
the ones that have actually been used in the scene. It is completely normal, and not a
script failure, as many PAs use the same assets (for example, the same maps) in more
than one of their products. In this case the script will list all the registered products that
use the same asset(s).