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I think I need a default configuration file....

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#1

Hi everyone!
Hya ZBer!!!

I seem to have done something to my configuration files, I don’t know how exactly, all I did was try to get rid of lightbox and now all sorts of things are messed up.
Things like I have a lot of… um… stuff… in my default “New” document or canvas, the Standard brush doesn’t work, and if it does its tiny and all sorts of other things. InitZBrush (which I have never seen work as its supposed to) doesn’t work at all.
The thing that bothers me most is that I do not HAVE the file, its just gone and I know to make a backup.
Can I just replace it with a copy from someone else?
Is it possible to do this? ZBrush is rather broken at the moment…

Cheers and thanks!!
Mealea

#2

Did you try “Restore Standard UI” under Preferences>Config ? Here’s one, had to zip it as a .cfg isn’t allowed.

#3

THANKYOU!!!
I hope this works!

I think what happened is that I DIDN’T make a backup, I had on my old computer and thought that everything was peachy, then on the new computer off I went doing things…
Foolish.

Also heres a serious warning:
Those of you with Windows 8 there are these things built in called Gestures, they re-interpret mouse movement and turn it into commands that HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH COMPUTERS they are for PHONES. These are VERY DANGEROUS and I don’t know how to get rid of them, but they are a nightmare in ZBrush.
I have suppressed MOST of Windows 8 stuff but the dammed gestures are still causing chaos.

#4

YW, should work. I don’t plan on Win 8 anytime soon. :rolleyes:

#5

This is very odd…
It didn’t work.
Now Im baffled!

Thank you though, I will keep working on it…

#6

Hi Mealea!:slight_smile:

Did you replace the ‘UIStandard.cfg’ file in ‘ZBrush 4R6\ZData’ folder. I think that is the default one. I will upload mine if you want to try it. I’m on ZBrush 4R6 P2.

#7

I did have a custom UI running but I hit Preferences>Config and restored Standard UI, then saved as to the desktop…

#8

Delete the configuration file at the location given at the top of this page:

http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/customizing-zbrush/interface-layout/

That should return ZBrush to its factory setting.

#9

Hi guys…
None of this worked, I loaded the files Doug and ZBer gave directly and nothing…

Would a screenshot of the canvas help? Its VERY strange, its like someone turned on ZSub and scribbled all over it with the simple brush and made holes, then saved it as the default canvas or something.
The standard brush is a tiny dot and there are I think some other problems but Im not sure about that yet…

Oh, also Marcus, I deleted (moved actually) those files and nothing replaced them, should they have been replaced or something?

#10

Screen grabs help sometimes :wink:

#11

In windows 8 the directory should be C:\Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData\ZStartup correct?

#12

Ok hang on…

So…
To make this I had to scribble for a LONG time with the simple brush instantly after start up (the only thing other then that was closing LightBox).
WellDratThisIsNoFun.jpg

#13

This is way too weird…

#14

|What if I had somehow saved a default document by accident?
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Where would it be and how would I reset that?
Also would it affect brushes?
The standard brush is definitely different and others may be as well but I will check if needed…|

#15

|Oh…
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Geeze Im getting ahead of my self…
Soorry…
Most of the changes I have made to the UI ARE GONE…
Its just that the problems I started off with are still happening, Standard and simple brush insanely small (with and with out dynamic turned on or off (that adds confusion and is one thing I try to keep off as much as posible).
That and the canvas has serious holes in its… um Z or in its depth like my screenshot shows…|

#16

|Ok…
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So it seems its not the UI.
Thanks you guys for uploading those files though, if that had been it It would have worked perfectly.

It seems its the canvas and some brushes so far:


  • None of the 2.5D brushes are right, except the snake hook brush for some reason, either they do nothing or are VERY SMALL (dynamic is turned off).
  • The canvas seems VERY far away and is filled with depth problems… or at least holes sort of.
  • All of my normal (not curve or selection/clipping or insert) brushes are stuck in tiny mode, I need to set them to 1000 (give or take) to get them to look normal, resetting them doesn’t work. (again, dynamic is turned off)

Do I need to reinstal?
ZBrush is broken and I was having SO MUCH FUN!!!

And now I will eat another fingernail!|

#17

I know this is probably a stupid question (I’m full of them), but did you try create a ‘New Document’ then ‘Save As Starup Doc’?

#18

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Its FAR from stupid, I have been wondering that myself.
I did not do that deliberately but I suspect that could be part of the problem, but would that affect all of my 2.5D brushes AND sculpting brushes as well?
Remember I mentioned the windows 8 gestures? I think this started when I did something with the mouse and all hell broke lose, like things like menu’s went nuts and the tool I was using got dropped suddenly to the canvas (remember that bug where that would happen all the time?).
When I say things went nuts I mean seriously nuts like a whole bunch of different people got control over my mouse at once and all wanted to do something different at the same time and all succeeded, it looked quite insane for about maybe two seconds or so…
If that is what happened, meaning the Save As StartUp Doc idea, how do I fix it? Is there an actual document I could delete?|

#19

Ok…
I just tried out that feature, it isn’t that.
And it didn’t work.
drat… this is so weird.

EDIT:
In the tool popup help thingy it says “ZStartup/ZStartUpDocument.Zbr” can be removed to revert to the default document.
This is true but it does not say which one, its the one in /users/public/* not the one in the Pixologic directory. That could be a helpful distinction maybe.

#20

You’ve got Win8? bummer; I’ve seen in the past (with another software package) where if a config file was somehow corrupted, it could be deleted and the program would build a new one. He did say delete file.