Hunter

• General Usage
• Options
• Known Bugs/Limitations
• History

General Usage:

1. Choose what you want to search for (objects, modifiers, textures, etc).
2. Limit the search options, and decide what you want to happen when something is found.
3. Hit "Hunt".

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Options:

• Main Rollout:
• Hunt For:
  Choose what to search for. Currently available: Modifiers and Objects.
• Search In Group:
  • All Objects:
    Search through all objects in the scene (includes hidden and frozen objects).
  • Current Selection:
    Search through only the currently selected objects.
• Hunt For Modifiers Rollout:
• Find Modifier Group:
  • Modifier List:
    Shows the modifiers on the picked object.
  • Pick:
    Lets you pick an object in the scene to list the modifiers applied.
  • Refresh:
    Refreshes the modifier list if the picked object's modifier stack has changed.
• Search For Group:
  • Instances Of Modifier:
    Will search for only instances of the picked modifier.
  • Modifiers Of Same Type:
    Will search for any modifier that is the same type as the picked modifier (ie. if the modifier is a meshsmooth, all meshsmooths will be found, even if they aren't instances).
• When Found Do Group:
  Sets what to do when an object is found that has the currently selected modifier in the modifier list applied.
  The options should be self explanitory.
• Hunt:
  Searches for modifiers matching the above search criteria.
• Hunt For Objects Rollout:
• Object Group:
  • Object/Type Labels:
    Shows the currently picked object's name, and what type of object it is.
  • Pick:
    Lets you pick the current object in the scene.
  • Grab Selected:
    Will set the current object to be the current selection (avoids having you explicitly pick the object with the "Pick" button above).
• Search For Group:
  • Instances Of Object:
    Will search for only instances of the picked object.
  • Objects Of Same Type:
    Will search for any object that is the same type as the picked object (ie. if the object is an omni light, all omni lights will be found, even if they aren't instances).
• When Found Do Group:
  Sets what to do when an object is found that matches the search criteria.
  The options should be self explanitory.
• Hunt:
  Searches for objects matching the above search criteria.
• Hunt For Textures Rollout:
• Search For Group:
  • Search Dropdown List:
    Lets you choose what to search for. The choices are:
    • Instances Of Picked Texture
      Search for exact instances of the picked texture (ie. search for the occurance of a specific noise texture).
    • Textures Of Picked Type
      Search for textures of the same class as the picked texture (ie. search for all noise textures).
    • Bitmaps With Filename Text
      Search for text in the filename of bitmap textures.
  • Search Edittext Box:
    Lets you enter the text to search for when "Bitmaps With Filename Text" has been selected above.
  • Texture List:
    This lists the textures used by the material assign to the current object (picked using the "Pick Object" button below).
  • Pick Object:
    This lets you pick an object and list the textures used by its material. From there you can search for one of those textures in the list.
  • Refresh:
    Refreshes the texture list if the picked object's material has changed.
• When Found Do Group:
  Sets what to do when the textures are found. The choices are:
  • Put To Medit Slots
    Any found textures are placed into the material editor slots. Only the first 24 found textures can be displayed this way, as there are only 24 material editor slots.
  • Select Objects
    Any objects with materials using the found textures will be selected.
  • Delete Objects
    Any objects with materials using the found textures will be deleted.
  • Replace Found Filename Text
    This is only available when "Bitmaps With Filename Text" is the Search type. When enabled, this will replace the found text in the bitmap filename with the specified text below.
• Hunt:
  Searches for textures matching the above search criteria.

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Known Bugs/Limitations:

• None.

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History:

2000.03.28 - Created
2000.04.17 - Finished modifier and object searches
2000.05.22 - Tweaked object search a bit
2000.06.04 - Fixed problem with deleting mods on instances
2000.08.23 - Added Texture hunting
             Added "Objects With Same Material" for object searches
2000.08.28 - Added "Instance"/"Type Of" search for modifiers

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