Just as there is a global subdivisions multiplier; a way to quickly increase or decrease the quality of all settings, it would be nice to have a global materials multiplier.
Just as there is a tick box for turning glossy effects on and off, and there is an override material box, it would be nice to have a global subdivisions multiplier for MATERIALS ALONE.
I.e. you could do all your test renders with relatively low settings, then up your materials subdivisions multiplier for your final renders.
I find that i can set up my rendering final settings quickly enough; irradiance, qmc etc, but I don’t want to change all my materials individually.
This would be especially useful for things like glass where i need to see quick reflections for tests, but need crisp settings at the end.
Here is a script to edit all selected VrayMTL’s.. came in handy a few times.
Its a work in progress, but i’ve got no time to finish it anyone is welcome to take it and continue.
It wouldn’t be hard to add a ‘subdiv multiplier’ option that would just take each “sel.material.materiallist.reflection_subdivs * multiplier”
Its just that i did the ui with the visual maxscript thing in a few seconds, and its a bitch to edit those.. so adding things might take a few minutes
the script does that too Deneb.. only for the selected objects’ materials instead of globally..
Ideally i’ll just add a ‘Edit ALL VrayMtls’ button.. and options for a subdiv multiplier under reflections and refractions.. probably next time i’m doing rendering work..
Heres a shot of the various options (all working)..
anyone is welcome to take it and continue.