GGMax Bug - DEVTEST - UI Fails to load CUSTOM OBJECT IMAGES (and/or IN CUSTOM REMOTE FOLDERS)

[OldFlak]

New install of Windows
New Install of MAX
Everything is in exact same locations on the system.

As the pic below shows MAX does not load the Images for level objects in left panel.

You also see this when updating a current model (Been doing that for ages now)

Doesn't load them in Library either

Any way we need a way to refresh the images, or read the fpe's correctly when loading the level, as it is super tedious having to go through and reset the background images for every single model in the Library, and then perform a dozen restarts so it updates the Items list in the editor

• not really not much point having a reference in the FPE if MAX doesn't read it

Requested this way back in January 2025 (#5905) but has never been sorted, perhaps because it is viewed as an enhancement, whereas it is clearly a BUG :)

Thanks for checking 👍
PS apologies for the ugly default UI - rest assured it will get sorted pronto :) :)

[LeeBamberTGC]

@OldFlak I am assuming all this content is custom content and that the stock out of the box thumbnails are fine. New custom thumbs are typically auto-generated and stored in your writable folder: "C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\yyyy\Files\thumbbank". Can you zip this up and email it to me so I can check the files were created compared to your screenshot before I look at a UI issue thanks!

[OldFlak]

@LeeBamberTGC Hi Lee :)
Yes, Naelurec is 100% custom media, and uses remote projects. This is why we pushed for true Projects system, apart from engine runtime files, nothing should be in any location but the Project location itself. That way when you start off with a completely clean system, you only have to point MAX to the Project folder, and everything is present and accounted for.

I went through the tedious task of reassigning the back drop to each model, and yes it did create thumbs in the Documents area.

For a proper self-contained Projects system the thumbs should not only be created in the project location, that is where MAX should look for all assets related to the project.

So I guess this really requires an overhaul of the Projects System.