Auto ProOptimizer

Animated decimation

Hi, I'd like to use this script to give me keyframable control over animation decimation in Max 2017 (as in, I want to show the mesh decimating in an animation) but it doesn't seem to work properly.

If I put keys on the Vertex % on a normal ProOptimizer it breaks the modifier because it needs to be recalculated per-frame (I guess you overcame this). Polygon Cruncher has an Auto Recalculate option, but I need to do this to an animated Alembic model and that only gives the first frame :/

I can sometimes get it to decimate my mesh to one triangle but it doesn't respond properly to distance or give me a smooth transition. I'm not sure if it's broken in 2017 or maybe it's a scene scale issue or something, any ideas?

You might well never see this and I might find another solution, but I liked the lateral approach to animating your script's camera distance to control decimation so I'm giving it a shot. :)

Cheers,
triff