Re-enable files tab

#1 · 5. 7 月 2019, 23:56

Hi Richard.

I saw this feature request:

~~0059] Improved dependency tracking~~

~~Track all dependencies through multiple scenefiles and rendering~~
~~Versions of all used assets in a final render should be accessible~~ Done

Where is this, and how to do I make use of it. I think you once told me that the files tab in Project Browser was from a very early version. The other day while doing a "custom" update from .11 to .12 or something, ie, merging my modified code with your newly updated code, I somehow temporarily "enabled" the files tab. I played around with it quickly and I was happy, it looked great...seemed to show all the dependancies used by each scenefile. Then I completed the update properly and the files tab was gone again 🙁

I didn't know Prism when you had the files tab active...can you give me more info on it, like what's wrong with it, or why it's not used? I think you mentioned that you want to do more work on it or something like that? Is it possible for me to "enable" it currently?

#2 · 6. 7 月 2019, 17:18

The files tab has nothing to do with the dependency tracking. It simply shows files in 04_Assets in your project. It has not many features and I think it would confuse many people. That's why it's hidden. I would like to recreate that tab with more features, so that it provides a real benefit for everyone. If you want to see this tab again you can go into your Prism installation and modify the Project Browser script. You have to comment out 4 lines (add a "#" at the beginning of each line): https://github.com/RichardFrangenberg/Prism/blob/e11f464d09718954fe36488698ab90eac0d614ca/Prism/Scripts/ProjectScripts/ProjectBrowser.py#L557-L560

Save the file and restart the Project Browser, then you can see the files tab.

To see the dependencies of a file you need to use the "Dependency Viewer" tool. You can right click on a rendering in the "Versions" list in the Project Browser, on any scenefile in the Project Browser or on exported files in the "Select Task" dialog, when you want to import a file through the State Manager. From the right click menu you can select "Show dependencies".

In the future I'd love to visualize the dependencies in a nodegraph, but for now it's shown as a tree view.

#3 · 13. 7 月 2019, 10:27

Brilliant, I like this files tab.

Thank you.

The dependency viewer is great too, I completely overlooked that. Thanks for pointing that out.