[Oleksandr Kramer]

I see you’ve already taken advantage of the new version’s ability to hide the bottom panel.
You can also hide the navigation bar on the right to enlarge the file list

[Oleksandr Kramer]

I understand.
Version 3.39.72 shows ZIP files in the file list
You can download it from the dashboard
https://3d-kstudio.com/my-account/downloads/

[Oleksandr Kramer]

To display ZIP files as folders in the tree view, please make sure that Windows is configured to show ZIP archives as folders in Explorer.
Once this option is enabled in your system, the ZIP files should become visible in the tree view as well.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

So you need the “flags” folder to be present in one of the folders?
But its subfolder “flags corona” should be hidden in one of the directories?
You can use the next trick –
1) create the sub-directory “flags corona” (blue) in the directory “flags corona”(red)
2) hide a directory “flags corona”(red)

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Just use virtual catalogs for this.
https://3d-kstudio.com/tutorials/working-with-directories-and-virtual-catalogs/
Add only required directories to virtual catalog

[Oleksandr Kramer]

This option. I should rename it for clarity

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Use these filters to manage excludings

https://support.3d-kstudio.com/manual/project-manager/tab_page__miscellaneous_.htm?ms=AA%3D%3D&st=MA%3D%3D&sct=MA%3D%3D&mw=MzM2#wndid_top

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https://support.3d-kstudio.com/manual/project-manager/model_merge_placement_options.htm?ms=AA%3D%3D&st=MA%3D%3D&sct=MA%3D%3D&mw=MzM2#id_2

[Oleksandr Kramer]

This cache is related to search optimization and serves to speed up the searching for files

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Try to use material ID for effects instead of object ID.
Material IDs are stored with the materials.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Batch exporting works well in max 2018 also

When I then drag the same object with ID=107 into the viewport with Merge As Proxy AND Use Existing Proxy File enabled (while there now is a proxy file), the object has ID=0 after placement.

This means what existing proxy don’t store ID.
And wait… Do you mean this ID? If, yes, it is impossible to store it in proxy.


Only these, material IDs are stored

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Just the other day, I was testing bulk conversion in proxy.
It works great in max 2025. I will try it in an earlier version of max.
But it should work because the code is the same.
I’ll check for this, thanks for your feedback

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Thank you so much for your trust and feedbacks! 😊

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Try to turn off these options.
But as far as I remember, Vantage always restarts the render, at least after merging the model.
Regardless, you merge it via the Project Manager or using the standard 3ds max merge dialog.



[Resolved]

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Try version 3.39.03.
This version uses a slightly more aggressive memory cleaning method.
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.

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Version 3.39.03 receives the option to disable use cached directories for searching.
Turn off it to search only in the specified directories.
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.