watch out for any mapped drive (ex: drive "Y:" is mapped to a machine that's been turned off) that is connected to a machine or a device that is offline. Disconnect them. They may slowdown the XSI file dialog. Also test in Details mode rather than Thumbnail mode.
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:17 PM, olivier jeannel <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, Setenv.bat. > > Le 08/02/2013 20:56, Stephen Blair a écrit : > > setenv.bat? > > You can put it in xsi.bat, but setenv.bat is really where you should put > it. > > On 08/02/2013 2:52 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: > > Please be condescending ;) > I tried both at the end of the .bat and somewhere in the middle ^^; > Will check that it's above the xsi.exe on monday... > Thank's a ton, might be it :D > > Olivier > > > Le 08/02/2013 19:59, Alan Fregtman a écrit : > > I don't mean to sound condescending but you added it somewhere before the > final call to xsi.exe, right? > > Just saying, because technically adding it at the very end of xsi.bat > would in fact do nothing. > > > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:26 PM, olivier jeannel > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank's stephen, >> Ok, just did it. With 1 or 0, same paralitic slowdown :( >> I don't see any little + as mentionned. >> >> >> >> >> Le 07/02/2013 18:18, Stephen Blair a écrit : >> >> Yes, you add a line like this: >> >> set SI_BROWSER_DONT_CHECK_CHILDREN_FOLDERS=1 >> >> On 07/02/2013 12:17 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> Sorry for bumping that old thread, I just decided to fix my Lan disk >> slowdown trouble today. >> *In Softimage, if I try to access down to 5 levels of >> sub-directories(Z://directory/directory/directory/directory/ ) it takes 5 >> minutes to get to it.* >> I'm trying the solution mentionned by Vladimir below, >> >> SI_BROWSER_DONT_CHECK_CHILDREN_FOLDERS >> >> Controls whether Softimage checks folders for subfolders when displaying >> the file browser. Setting this variable to 1 may speed up file >> operations on NFS systems, particularly on Linux. When set, folders are >> always drawn with an expandable ‘+’ whether or not they contain subfolders. >> This is supposed to be in the Setenv.bat , right ? I don't find that >> line in the Setenv.bat file. >> Am I supposed to add it ? >> >> Sorry might sound dumb, but I'm not super familiar with Setenv things.. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Olivier >> >> >> Le 13/12/2012 19:33, Vladimir Jankijevic a écrit : >> >> from the docs: >> >> SI_BROWSER_DONT_CHECK_CHILDREN_FOLDERS >> >> Controls whether Softimage checks folders for subfolders when displaying >> the file browser. Setting this variable to 1 may speed up file >> operations on NFS systems, particularly on Linux. When set, folders are >> always drawn with an expandable ‘+’ whether or not they contain subfolders. >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:22 PM, olivier jeannel <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I'm having troubles with XSI and a network disk (Lacie BigDisk). >>> It's a Lan (rj45) connexion, and whenever I try to access it it's >>> getting very slow. >>> >>> In Softimage, if I try to access down to 5 level of >>> sub-directories(Z://directory/directory/directory/directory/ ) it takes 5 >>> minutes to get to it. >>> >>> It's working rather well in Windows7. So much better that I use to drag >>> and drop things from windows to SI rather to navigate using SI explorers. >>> >>> Might be a configuration thing, any idea ? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> --------------------------------------- >> Vladimir Jankijevic >> Technical Direction >> >> Elefant Studios AG >> Lessingstrasse 15 >> CH-8002 Zürich >> >> +41 44 500 48 20 <%2B41%2044%20500%2048%2020> >> >> www.elefantstudios.ch >> --------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> > > > >
