New Script for changing properties of Vray Materials

[olly]

Hi all,

I'm getting a few emails from people having trouble with the VMC script in Max 2013. However everyone's problems are slightly different and I'm unable to reproduce them all.

I'll get it working for the next VMC release, so if you are having any problems at all (or have any feature requests or suggestions) please feel free to reply here or email me: vmc@foundationcgi.com

Btw, @3ddesign: The property you are trying to change is actually not part of the VMC script. It only works on true material properties, the material ID (FX ID) is just a shell property. Sorry for the really slow reply, I must not have clicked through on an old email so wasn't receiving notifications of replies!

Cheers,
Olly

[peterguthrie]

Much appreciated Olly, thanks.

On my 2013 installation, it seems that applying changes to 'scene materials' doesnt work, but to 'material editor slots' does work.

Could you also increase the integer limit from 200 to something higher (i already figured out how to edit the script myself but might be handy for others)

[Morne]

It mostly works here on 2013. The problem I have is that I constantly have to "re-install it" after closing max. I've added the script as menu command, but when I shut down and reboot and want to use it, it says there where it's suppose to be in the menu "VCM not found"

[BBB3]

same problem as Morne.

[olly]

Ok so I can reproduce the Quad menu bug. Can you anyone experiencing this let me know:

1. Can you tell me if useUserProfiles=1 or 0 in the file installsettings.ini? (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max Design 2013\installsettings.ini)
2. Can you also check if adding VMC as a button to a toolbar sticks after restarting max?
3. Enter the following in the mini listener and hit numpad enter:

   getdir #usermacros

   Let me know the output, masking your username if included.

@peterguthrie: will do on the max integer value.

Cheers,
Olly

[Dave_Wortley]

If I may a couple of suggestions for the script to future proof it further (once you've solved these bugs)....

You can get the list of Vray materials using...

for m in material.classes where matchpattern (m as string) pattern:"Vray*" do print m

and get the list of Vray Maps using....

for m in textureMap.classes where matchpattern (m as string) pattern:"Vray*" do print m


You have a long function to get the sub materials of Multimaterials, VrayBlends etc... requiring you to list all cases,

You can use a much simpler,

getNumSubMtls()

GetSubMtl()

Similarly with Maps...

getNumSubTexmaps()

getSubTexmap()


Dave

[olly]

Thanks for that Dave. I have actually done something similar in the next release, just waiting to iron out the 2013 bugs before I release it!

Cheers,
Olly

[olly]

Right I've fixed this now, look out for an all new version in the near future!

[peterguthrie]

good work!

[olly]

You can get the list of Vray materials using...

for m in material.classes where matchpattern (m as string) pattern:"Vray*" do print m

Sorry Dave, I missed this gem first time around, work was manic today. Thanks for the great tip!

Cheers,
Olly

[BBB3]

Thanks a lot Olly

[Dave_Wortley]

Sorry Dave, I missed this gem first time around, work was manic today. Thanks for the great tip!

Cheers,
Olly

I'm learning these sort of tricks all the time, Your script gave me a really good idea for a script which allows you on mass or on selection to change a property of just about anything in max!

[olly]

That's sort of how VMC 2.0 is going to work, hope their isn't too much cross over!

[olly]

OK, so I'm 99% there with version 2.0, just ironing out a few semantics.

I'd like to run a little beta test so if you anyone is interested, let me know, and I will send you a pre-release version.

Cheers,
Olly

[Dave_Wortley]

Sent you a PM.

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