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how to store tablet and brush settings in startup?

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#1

hello everyone!

I have a question, every time I startup zbrush, all my settings are go at the default stage, for example all Z intensity is default, standard brush is always with lazy mouse ON, smooth brush at the 100 Z intensity, besides tablet settings are not saving too, when I store config.
how can i store those parameters? because now i need to setup those settings every time i start zbrush :confused:
thanks!

#2

start zbrush, start recording a macro, make all changes you want to run at start up, stop recording the macro, save the macro, place macro in UI somewhere, push button at start up :slight_smile:

#3

You can have the Macro run automatically when you start ZBrush if you want.

Note: This is for PC. If you are on a Mac, I can’t be sure if this will work for you. All you can do is try it.

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 2022/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.

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#4

It seems like I will need to re-record the macro if I want to add another step, how can I append further settings to the macro by recording separate ones?

#5

@ designingpatrick

  1. Run a temporary macro using only the extra steps you want to add. Save the macro.
  2. Open both your original and temporary macro .TXT files in a text editor like Notepad.
  3. Copy the relevent code from the temporary macro then paste it into the original macro and save it. You should be able to figure out what the relevent code is.

Note the lone reverse square bracket at the end of the macro. Just put a space between the last line of code and that bracket and paste your addition in that space so that lone bracket stays at the end.

#6

Oh man, now I feel stupid for asking that question… should have known it would be that easy! Thanks.