Small issue saving startup material and startup document

[matthewamey]

I was poking around the lightbox and opened up the ZBrush_statue.zpr to have a look at the model and now, when I start ZBrush, it loads that project into the program.

Whichever default material and tool I store as my “Startup Doc, Startup Material” doesn’t change the fact that the ZBrush_statue.zpr loads every time.

My saved document and material are loading, and I see them for a second, before the program loads the ZBrush_statue.zpr file and material.

When I save my materials as a startup material the dialog box tells me I can delete the file ZStartup/StartupMaterial.zmt at any time to return to the default material but there is no such file in my ZStartup folder. Same issue with the StartupDocument.zbr file.

Might this be a disk permission issue with Big Sur Ver. 11.2.2?

I’m using ZBrush 2021.6 on a MAC if that helps.
Thanks.

[grey321]

Hi Matthew.

I tripped over the same oddity you did (only on Windows).

The ‘auto-load’ is a ‘new feature’. See this post for how to turn it off.

Few issues with 2021.6.2

Hi All, I tried my best to find the answers elsewhere before creating a post but I have a couple things that are bugging me with the new release that I hope someone can help me with. I don’t know if they are settings or a bug. first thing, is my zbrush is autoloading the last quicksave file upon opening. It never did this before, only with the 2021.6 release the other day and with each subsequent update this week. I looked under quick save and some other preference settings but can’t seem to f…

Ross.

[matthewamey]

Ross,
I saw the “autoload” feature, turned it off, shut down ZBrush and when I restarted… it did not work. “autoload” did not stay off and the statue file reloaded. I did this three of four times, also turning of the computer to reset the cache and I am still having the same issue.
Thanks for the link though.

[grey321]

Matthew. After turning off autoload. Did you save the configuration using Ctrl-Shift-I?
It worked for me.

[matthewamey]

Ross,
Thanks, that seems to have worked for both issues. Thanks for your insight.
Matthew

[MEC4D]

Hi guys,

I have the same problem with ZBrush 2021.6 on startup , no way to save new document, each time I do so old project pops up when reboot , today it not even allow me to start new project or import obj , everything merge together with other subtools while importing new geometry.
You think resetting the cache would helps?
I use Zbrush for almost 2 decades but this is new .
Everything started after the second update of ZBrush 2021.6

Anyway thanks for the tip, I hope it will works
Cath

[matthewamey]

Hey MEC4D, Grey321’s suggestion to save the configuration file after making your edits solved my issue. I hope it also helps you.

[MEC4D]

Thanks a lot it worked for me ! Ctrl-Shift-I did the trick !