How do you change the Redwax Default start up Mat to another for start up?

[Gridlost]

Example I want Matcap Sculpy to be the first material offered. Is it possible to change this? I have looked for a few answers online. But I can’t seem to get them to work. Granted those tips were dated back several years… Man, Zbrush is Getting some years to it

I still love it after all this time.

[zber2]

You can record a Macro of changing to the MatCap Sculpy material and then get it to run automatically at startup.

Recording your Macro

1. Record the Macro with all your settings.
2. Save the macro to the ZStartup\Macros\Misc folder and name the file StartupMacro.txt. You should now have a new button called StartupMacro in the Misc submenu of the Macro menu. Press the ‘Reload All Macros’ button if you don’t see it.
3. As a test, you can Initialize ZBrush so you are starting fresh and run your Macro to check to see if it is doing everything you want.

Getting the Macro to run automatically when you start ZBrush

1. In the ZBrush 4R4/ZScripts folder you’ll see a file called DefaultZScript.txt . Open the file with Notepad and add the following line in between //startup and [pd].

[If,1,[IPress,Macro:Macros:Misc:StartupMacro]]

Save the file. Restart ZBrush.

It is important that the code for the DefaultZScript.txt file is correct and that you have named and saved your Macro in the proper folder as I indicated above. If you get an ‘Interface item can not be found’ error when you start ZBrush, then you have made a mistake somewhere.

[zber2]

Here is another alternative provided by marcus_civis in another thread:

Preserve BG Color and Startup Material

For the default material, this isn’t saved with a custom UI so you must be using some other way of changing it, probably through a startup document. You can change this by:

1. Selecting the default material. It will be number 1 in the slider that is at the top of the Materials palette.
2. Load the material you want to use as the default through the Material>Load button.
3. Turn off Edit and clear the canvas (Ctrl+N). Select the Simple Brush in the Tool palette and, with MRGB turned on, paint a tiny blob in the top left of the canvas.
4. Save this as the new startup document by pressing Document>Save As Startup Doc.

You will now have your preferred default material every time you start ZBrush.

HTH,

[Gridlost]

Thank you very much Zber2 ! I appreciate it!

[zber2]

No problem Gridlost! small_orange_diamond:)

[zber2]

I just found the easiest solution yet. I used this before in older versions and really liked this plugin. It didn’t work in 4R3 so I gave up on it. I thought I would download and try it again just now and it works in 4R4 P2. Go get the HandlebarStartupMaterial plugin.