My Colors to stay permanent! (Interface Q)

[abel]

Hey !!

Im converting from Maya to Soft3D (freelance project). Im doing some research and my questions is:

How do I get my colors, viewport, background etc to stay permanent....If I change my desktop colors they are just switched back to default when Im restarting soft3D....there must be a way to SAVE them.....in a "soft-database" or somethin...

/Abel

[devdoka]

Next time you change your desktop colours in Preferences > Desktop colours, click the 'save' button. Reload the file during your next session of SI3D. The soft -C command is supposed to allow you to autoload the desktop colours upon start up, but it has a bug and doesn't work.

• OR -

Hack the desktop.rsrc file in the softimage|3D installation. It's an ASCII file that contains all the colour values for various components in the interface including the color of the module at the top of the screen. If you go this route, save a backup before editting.

Matt

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Matt Lind
Animator / Technical Director
Softimage certified instructor:
Softimage|3D
Softimage|XSI
speye_21@hotmail.com

[fredc]

I know this wasn't your question. However, since you say you are researching the subject, there is a tutorial on converting from Maya to Soft on Ed Harris's site.
http://www.edharriss.com/soft3x\_tools.htm.

Urp

[richard-sher]

Guess what? =) There's a small utility on my site that will help with the rsrc hacking that Matt is talking about. It's called "Softimage Default Colors Utility" and can be found here: http://www.edharriss.com/soft3x_tools.htmhttp://www.edharriss.com/soft3x\_tools.htm

Hope this helps

Ed
http://www.EdHarriss.comhttp://www.EdHarriss.com