how to get material color from wire color ?

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1

Hi,
i’m using a script to randomize wire colors of some objects. And i’d like to assign them material with the colors randomized.
Is there a way to get the wire color of an object as a diffuse color for the mat ?
or is there a way to randomize the diffuse color of , say, a multi sub mat ?

Thanks

2

If you dont apply a material to an object it renders as a diffuse version of the wire colour, cant you just do it like that?

3

yeah if you wanted to do that you could do:


(
   for o in getCurrentSelection() do (
      -- Assign a random wirecolor
      local randomColor = color (random 0 255) (random 0 255) (random 0 255)
      o.wirecolor = randomColor

      -- Assign a material with the random color
      o.material = VRayMtl diffuse:randomColor
   )
)
4

Thanks cubiclegangster.
Unfortunately i cannot do like that because i would like to assign materials custom refl, refr, bumps, gloss…

5

Wow MoonDoggie,
you seem to script pretty fast and well. i’m an ass at maxscript. i know vb that’s all…
i will test this script.
Thank you

6

For your alternative approach, check out the random function of MasterBercon’s gradient map:

http://www.ylilammi.com/BerconGradient.shtml

With this you have options for random color per Material ID or Object. This option will also give you control over the spectrum the random colors are drawn from.

7

Very nice link
Thn k you very much