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Lightbox at startup in ZBrush 4 (Resolved)

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#1

Does anybody know how to stop Lightbox from being open when you start ZBrush 4? I have “Open at launch” disabled in Preferences but it still opens at startup. Also, I did store config.

#2

I am having the same issue I like the lightbox in ZB4, just don’t want it to start up everytime.

#3

Sorry ill open another thread i got confused and thought it was a general post.

#4

I am having the same problem.
I went to Customize UI , enabled customize: Preferences, Lightbox, and turned OFF the Open At Launch button.
Stored Confic. Restarted ZB and still get the Lightbox.
I don’t want it unless I call it up manually.

#5

does anyone else see this at start up?

z4.jpg

Anyone? Probably not anything serious, but still … why are the buttons overlapping?

Attachments

z4_lb.jpg

#6

@ squeige and G7ro

I don’t understand what your posts have to do with this thread. Maybe you would have better luck starting your own thread. Just saying.

#7

bump

#8

I expect this issue will be addressed in a point update. In the meantime this method will mean that Lightbox does not open on start up:

  1. Locate the DefaultZScript.txt file in the ZBrush 4.0\ZScripts folder.
  2. Open the file in Notepad.
  3. Edit the file so it looks like this:

//startup
[If,[MemGetSize,Startup_Mem],,
[MVarDef,Startup_Mem,1,0]
[IPress,Preferences:Lightbox:Lightbox]
]
[pd]
  1. Save the file.
  2. Restart ZBrush.

Lightbox will probably appear briefly but will not stay open. You can open it any time by using the comma (,) key.

#9

Thanks Marcus, that did the trick!

#10

Great! Thank you very much!

#11

Nice, thanks!

#12

thanks marcus, this really annoyed me :wink:

#13

Hello Marcus,
Your method does not work on my Mac computer (either of them). Is your solution for the Windows version of Zbrush? If so, is there a solution for the Mac version?

Thanks,
Brandon

#14

Marcus has a possible solution for the Mac in THIS thread. 13 posts down.

#15

Thanks that worked. (last Marcus post with code)

#16

This fix didnt work for me for a while, until i realized i had already turned off open at launch and lightbox placement in the prefs. After i started zbrush, turned these 2 settings back ON, and then closed, changed the Default script, saved and opened again, it worked… in case anybody else had that happen.

#17

Tried both what Marcus said and what tooz suggested to do in addition to the code and…no luck.

That Lightbox keeps popping up no matter $#@!-ing what. Ah well.

It’s like seeing your dream car…but it’s only available in pink.

But, I’ll live, lol.

#18

Hitting the comma key to toggle spotlight on and off seems like a pretty easy and quick way to deal with it. It didn’t take long before I just did it by rote after the program booted.

Ezra

#19

Thanks so much!.. I just downloaded Z4 and had this problem and was going out of my mind trying to get that removed.

#20

thanx…:+1: