yeah :) where i mention texture above, read 'material'...anyway I still find it a pain, but what i'm really saying i guess is that if there was a way of introducing consistency into the order the materials are exported, the problem I mention in this post wouldn't be a problem anymore.

I doubt ...

I've just done some testing, and although this might be known to the developers and others, i've not seen it posted. It might be an easier workaround for the time being for others.

I was finding that making macros for all my textures was really time consuming with lots of extra clicks to set them ...

Thanks guys. All I'd seen in the testing thread about materials were more about nodes not connecting properly during animation ect. I didn't think this was the same issue.

face..even with reopening the scene manually I'd lose the materials 'if' i'd made changes in blender. Without changes it was ...

I wasn't sure if to start a new topic or not, but as this is my first post (hello everyone) I thought I'd start a new one.

My problem is I'm afraid I don't seem to be having the same experience with materials as others. At least I'm suprised that no one is reporting problems as serious as I'm ...