file ordering convention not standardized to Windows Explorer

[kalamalka]

I recently discovered with some oddly named files that included numbers & capitalization that the interactive-universal-renamer does not use the same file ordering conventions as Windows Explorer when renaming FILES

As you can see in the photo in the link, the list of files is sorted differently in the interactive-universal-renamer than it is in Windows Explorer which is very problematic since the renamed files dont match and essentially link ot the wrong files once the assets are renamed:

As you can see, by arranging the files by name in Windows get this:
r136_light.tga
r136_might.tga
r140_AM_00.tga
r140_AM_01.tga
r140_AM_02.tga
r140_arumihoil.tga
r140_attyaku.tga
r140_b_sabi.tga
r140_b_sabi_midori.tga
r140_BACKPANEL_rm.tga...

whereas in the interactive-universal-renamer we get:

r136_light.tga
r136_might.tga
r140_AM_00.tga
r140_AM_01.tga
r140_AM_02.tga
r140_BACKPANEL_rm.tga
r140_KEYTOP.tga......

It seems the interactive-universal-renamer is prioritizing the order by number, capitalization, then alphabetical which is not the file ordering system used by windows.

EDIT - A workaround is to simply rename the capitalized files manually in Windows Explorer and reload the scene. This method does not break the link to the file and the script seems to read the order correctly afterwards. If there were hundreds of files with capitalized names this method would be impossibly tedious.

[cb109]

@kalamalka Hi, thanks for creating this issue. A few questions

• essentially link ot the wrong files once the assets are renamed

  Does this mean the files you have selected are not the ones that are actually renamed (which would be a critical bug)? Or did you just accidentally select files you didn't want to because they are sorted differently as in the Windows explorer?

• Which Windows version did you use?

• Which 3ds Max version did you use?

[kalamalka]

Hi thanks for your reply - to answer a few questions:

1 - As I am changing all the texture files to be renamed in ascending numerical order (example, 0000.dds, 0001.dds, 0002.dds etc), it is critical that the files that are being renamed remain linked to their original files. When there is a difference in how the files are ordered by each interface (Windows & the Renamer script), there is a discrepancy in how the files are ordered, and thus the order gets disjointed.

2 - Using Windows 7 64 bit

3 - Using 3ds Max 2017

Thank you!

[kalamalka]

Hi I recently had to update to WIndows 10 and I am trying to get this to work again, but having issues with installation. It says to go to 'Customize User Interface' and go to the 'Buelter Category' but I do not see any category in 3ds Max 2017 (same version I was running before).

Can someone please clarify this?