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pre-selected objects in scene list

clivewil2clivewil2 Posts: 134
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i have a few 'rogue' prop objects that always load into the scene pre-selected, e.g. one is a chest of drawers from KA's Harwood House, and i think i made one of the others myself...

the drawers are included in a group of furniture props. if i load the group, the list expands and the drawers will be highlighted

what property or checkbox do i need to change on the prop to stop this?

it's only a minor niggle, but still annoying to have a bunch of stuff selected in the scene list, add one of these items, which then destroys my selection by selecting itself instead.

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  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 10,276
    edited 6:10AM

    That's a default behavior, i.e. when you load a Subset or a Scene, the first Figure (not a Prop) in Scene pane will be automatically selected ~ There's no settings that can change this behavior AFAIK.

    Workarounds:

    For Scenes, you can write a Daz Script and place it in F2 > Scene > Post Open, so as to avoid auto-selection... 

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
    // DAZ Studio version 4.24.0.4 filetype DAZ Script
    Scene.selectAllNodes(false);
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

    For Scene Subsets, you have to use a Daz Script to override the default asset loading behavior. But you need to Create a Custom Action for the script and add a Shortcut to it. Each time you want to load a Subset, hit the shortcut keys. For example:

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
    // DAZ Studio version 4.24.0.4 filetype DAZ Script

    (function(){
        var paneMgr=MainWindow.getPaneMgr();
        if(!paneMgr)return;
        var asset=null;
        var pane=paneMgr.findPane("DzContentLibraryPane");
        if(pane){
            try{
                var assets=pane.getSelectedAssets();
                if(assets&&assets.length){
                    for(var i=0;i<assets.length;i++){
                        var a=assets[i];
                        if(!a)continue;
                        try{
                            var path=String(a.getAsLocalFile());
                            if(path&&path.toLowerCase().substr(path.length-4)==".duf"){
                                asset=a;
                                break;
                            }
                        }catch(e){}
                    }
                }
            }catch(e){}
        }
        if(!asset){
            var smartPane=paneMgr.findPane("DzSmartContentPane");
            if(smartPane){
                try{
                    var tab=smartPane.getCurrentTab();
                    if(tab){
                        var selected=tab.getSelectedAssets();
                        if(selected&&selected.length){
                            for(var j=0;j<selected.length;j++){
                                var sa=selected[j];
                                if(!sa)continue;
                                try{
                                    var sf=String(sa.getAsLocalFile());
                                    if(sf&&sf.toLowerCase().substr(sf.length-4)==".duf"){
                                        asset=sa;
                                        break;
                                    }
                                }catch(e){}
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }catch(e){}
            }
        }
        if(!asset){
            MessageBox.warning("No DUF asset selected.","Scene Subset Loader","&OK");
            return;
        }
        var contentMgr=App.getContentMgr();
        if(!contentMgr)return;
        if(contentMgr.loadAsset(asset,true)){
            Scene.selectAllNodes(false);
        }
    })();
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

    Edit: Or, you can write a plugin to monitor each asset loading, then clear the selection... But that'll be another more complex task ~~

    Post edited by crosswind at
  • clivewil2clivewil2 Posts: 134

    crosswind said:

    That's a default behavior, i.e. when you load a Subset or a Scene, the first Figure (not a Prop) in Scene pane will be automatically selected ~ There's no settings that can change this behavior AFAIK.

    wow ok, i was surprised by that - i was sure i'd broken it somehow, but the original prop does it too. ok, mystery solved. 

    i'll definitely look at that script, thanks for posting it 

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