estevancarlos

I'm not sure I really understand how the search path is supposed to work. Here's a description of what I'm trying to do. I'm not certain if this is doable:

- I want to be able to have Max locate all the locations of my files. I've set this up through the Options | File Preferences by listing file paths. My expectation is that when I type an object or patch, the name will automatically appear in a drop down upon typing it, as it does with some other objects/patches. Why does this occur for some files and not others? Also, I had expected my patches to appear in the explorer but they do not.

Is there any way to point to a collection of patches and have them appear in the explorer window? Is there any way to control what patches appear in the drop-down when typing names? Also, is there a way to control how the contextual menu (right-click menu) works in Max? I'd be cool with pointing it to additional folder locations.

I'm not sure I really understand how the search path is supposed to work.  Here's a description of what I'm trying to do.  I'm not certain if this is doable:

- I want to be able to have Max locate all the locations of my files.  I've set this up through the Options | File Preferences by listing file paths.  My expectation is that when I type an object or patch, the name will automatically appear in a drop down upon typing it, as it does with some other objects/patches.  Why does this occur for some files and not others? Also, I had expected my patches to appear in the explorer but they do not.

Is there any way to point to a collection of patches and have them appear in the explorer window?  Is there any way to control what patches appear in the drop-down when typing names?  Also, is there a way to control how the contextual menu (right-click menu) works in Max?  I'd be cool with pointing it to additional folder locations.


Search paths causing some confusion