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3d Studio Max - Maxscript
Tyson - Vertex Lights
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14 Oct 2006Ok...I'll probably do this either tonight or on the weekend, but my goal is to have a setup like this:
-omnis parented to vertices, so that if the object deforms the omnis will follow
-omnis color can be derived from object's texture
-omnis intensity can be derived from object's texture
Maybe I'll come up with some more later
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15 Oct 2006ok i just ran into a small error :S .
it happened after i ran your script twice on the same object . it basically created the lights but scaled them down and centered them.
edit: i just deleted the object and tried the script again on a new sphere and it just keeps creating the lights in the center :S . ok this is starting to scare me i reset max, recopied your script , made a new sphere and i still get the same error. -
15 Oct 2006That's very strange Frank...I'll look into that (btw...the reason they're all moved to [0,0,0], is that...to avoid a huge amount of erros being generated if 1 thing goes wrong....it does a try()catch() and on catch, moved them all to [0,0,0].
Korzarius.....nope definitely not. A function in the method I used in my code requires max 8, but the exact same thing can still be done in any other version of max. Before this is finished, I will be adding a checkbox that will ask you what version of max you have, and if you choose anything less than max 8....my script will still run and do everthing it does--the only difference will be that it will use legacy code instead of the updated function for max 8.
hehe....if it was only possible to complete the required tasks using max 8 that wouldn't have been too fair -
15 Oct 2006Fixed the problem you were having Frank....twas SUPER simple.
Now I'm gonna add the "max8/max7" checkbox to support backwards compatibility and then I'll post the script again. -
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15 Oct 2006i just tried out your script, and it works awesome! first a made a batch of lights, then i clicked on attach to vertices and made some more, and when i moved the sphere, the first batch stayed put, while the second batch stuck on the sphere. neat!
my only complaint at this point is not being able to turn on shadows from your rollout. but everything there worked great! -
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mahmoudnahmad 1,159 posts15 Oct 2006
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15 Oct 2006Yeh it works like a charm. Like the way of coding too Tyson!
Now get your butt back to work and add the shadow/attenuation options
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