override material effect ID for all vray materials

[vance3d]

This is a great feature and is missing from quite a few of the vray materials.

V Miller

[Dave_Wortley]

It is possible to set a material effects ID for any material above 16, there is no limit it's just a UI thing. You need to use some maxplus to do it.

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

Just go to material Options tab and there is ID listed. You can type in any number you want, you dont need max script. Other than that I thank you can use VMC material editor.

[Svetlozar Draganov]

Where is the ID value in Material Option Tab.
And where is that Material Option Tab or you are talking about Material Editor Options?
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppor...41249-htm.html

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

If you go to material settings and below, Reflection/refraction/diffuse there is Options tab. In material editor. There is Effect ID isn't that it ? You can use that to type in any ID material and then multimatte to get mask out of.

[Svetlozar Draganov]

Thanks a lot - I actually didn't know about that option is available in Options Rollout.

[vance3d]

thats exactly what I'm talking about. that rollout exists for the vray material but is not available for car paint, light material, fast sss material... Unless there is a rollout I can't find that is

V Miller

[vlado]

Well, I was kind of hoping Autodesk would have done this by now. I would hate to add this across all materials only to have to remove it later. But I'll see what can be done about it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Dave_Wortley]

Well, I was kind of hoping Autodesk would have done this by now. I would hate to add this across all materials only to have to remove it later. But I'll see what can be done about it.

Best regards,
Vlado

Autodesk have changed the maxscript so you can use the simple existing maxscript function for changing ID, it's no longer limited to 16, but I'm not sure if it's in Max 2015 SP2 or whether we'll have to wait for the next update...

For now (and previous versions of max), you'' need the magic function.