[Oleksandr Kramer]

Yes. That a LOT of subdirectories. I already tried to make all assets in one folder, textures in another. But became a mess very fast.

So you place all files separately but want to see them in one directory.

I updated to 3.23.40, “Allow” was already ticked. Do I need to click something? Like “Update cache” or cache directories?

No. It will work without any advanced settings.

Currently, I’m testing a configuration like yours (but on Windows 10) and it works slowly even with caching.
Later I’ll try again on Windows 11.

Do I need to convert to catalog? Leave it like directory or doen´t matter?

No matter. As you wish

[Oleksandr Kramer]

PS. To faster caching keep 3ds max opened at night or weekend.
Usually, a few hours should be enough to cache almost all assets.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Drive D as I understand is a mapped drive?
As I see it so slow if a directory contains a lot of subdirectories and the option shows files in subfolders is on.
This is the main reason that it shows files slowly.

But since version 3.23 Project Manager allows caching assets, so after caching, files will be shown a lot faster.
The last version (3.23.40) improved some changes for caching, so download and install the latest version and turn on caching (by default it is on, so just check)
Note that caching might take a lot of time depending on the number of used directories.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

It’s definitely not the normal speed of working and XYplorer might cause such behaviour.
Please try to uninstall/or disable it and write if this helped.

Don’t forget to restart Windows after disabling XYplorer

[Oleksandr Kramer]

First, write a video to understand the level of the problem and generate the support request. Post the video here or send the link to support@3d-kstudio.com

[Oleksandr Kramer]

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XYplorer also might cause this problem.

Project Manager uses some system capabilities and XYplorer might conflict with the plugin.

When did this problem occur first?

[Oleksandr Kramer]

PS. Some customers reported that Windows 10 with updates KB5027215 or KB5028166 might case such problems.

Check and uninstall these updates

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Use the tool Auto Assign preview to assign the preview.

You can find it in the menu in the treeview on the selected directories or you can assign for selected files

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Hello
Please check if you can navigate these directories fast using Windows Explorer
Write a video to understanding a level of problem
Generate the support request. You can find this option in the main 3ds max menu “Project Manager” ==>> Create Support Request.

Thanks for your feedback.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

This issue is fixed in version 3.23.40
You can download the latest version from the dashboard.
Auto-updater will be triggered in a few days if there’s no critical issue found.
Thanks for your feedback.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Try the next:

Install/reinstall the latest Updates and Service Packs for 3Ds Max
Delete file “Kstudio-CacheStart.ms” from the directory
%localappdata%\Autodesk\3dsMax\2023 – 64bit\ENU\scripts\startup

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Currently, the tool uses a first-found file.
However, I am working on the capability to show all found files with the ability to select one desired.
Also currently only missing files searching and relink.
So a new feature will be added – the customer will have the ability to re-path any file, including with the status “ok” and “found” (in batch ) to a new location. It looks like your request for a second option.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

This feature is described in this video

https://youtu.be/Cwu-AZf9fl0?t=306

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Without this option, the search will be performed only in the specified folders.
Files in subfolders will be ignored.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Perfectly!
Thanks for this feedback!
Interestingly, on my computer, this option almost did not change the time of merging