Help for a Project
Hi everybody I am new to this forum and Max scripting. I am Uni student and have started my final year in BSc Computer Graphics. For my final year project i wanted to build interactive tutorials like the ones of Zbrush. As I am new to Maxscript i wanted to ask the advanced people if this is possible with maxscrpit and if yes how hard will it be? I now how to Model in Max and also a bit animation. I have also done programming in c++.
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Back in windows 3.1 there
Back in windows 3.1 there was a macrorecorder which does the same thing. Like screen capture. Start the macro, do your mouse movements and re-do the same movements anytime.
First thing came to my mind, you can use an additional external program to handle the mouse movement. And if you can interact that with maxscript somehow you can easyly do the text and message stuff.
On the second thought, I didnt think it is a good idea, cause it wont work with different resolutions and different sized windows...
As I said I suspect that you can make maxscript takeover the mouse controls. Maybe analyzing Zscript (or whatever its name is) further could help progressing.
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Thanks for the help it is as
Thanks for the help it is as masquerade said. Wenn u start a scrpit tutorial in Zbrush it takes control over the mouse and starts modelling or sculpting. With text fields showing to explain the steps. So basicaly i would need to
- control the mouse
- show text
- and Model
Its like somebody start the script and 3Dsmax start modelling like in a video tutorial just that you see it in max.
If I understood correct, you
If I understood correct, you want to create tutorials for 3ds Max, and make them interactive, like the ones in Zbrush (it was Zscript I guess), right?
I.e
-when you start the script, a window appears. It asks you to create two spheres, and parent the first one to the second. As soon as you do that, it goes to the next step.
I guess it is possible but there may be some limitations.
As I recall, zbrush's scripts take control of the mouse movement in specific occasions. I dont know if it is possible with maxscript.
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I'm not sure exactly what
I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to by "interactive tutorials" for zbrush and how that relates to MAXScript. Maybe if you explained a bit more about what you're tryinng to accomplish someone could point you in the right direction?
Thanks,
Chris