button for checking if effect is on or off

Submitted by themaxxer on Mon, 2018-09-17 02:41

hi all coders

I have found this script to check if DR in Vray is on or off, and now I need this for checking another checkbox...
is it possible to check if psd manager is on or off, too? see: https://c2n.me/3WIDjWd.png

thanks for reply.

best regards
themaxxer

macroScript Leo_Distributed_render_On 
category:"Leo_DR" 
internalCategory:"Distributed_Render" 
tooltip:"Distributed_Render_ON" 
buttontext:"DR ON"
 
(
	on isChecked return (renderers.current.system_distributedRender)
	on execute do
	(
		renderers.current.system_distributedRender = not (renderers.current.system_distributedRender)
	)	
 
)
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Submitted by themaxxer on Mon, 2018-09-17 08:16.

it works!!!! man thank you

it works!!!! man thank you very much!
you are my hero. :)

do you make custom script as job?
I have some ideas for my workflow and I search for a good coder...

best regards
themaxxer

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Submitted by jahman on Mon, 2018-09-17 08:29.

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Why not. You can find my contacts inside the script

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Submitted by pixamoon on Mon, 2018-09-17 09:53.

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Hi,

You can add on isChecked do ... similar as the prev script had it.

on isChecked do 	
(
	for i = 1 to numEffects do
	(
		local eff = getEffect i
		if matchpattern eff.name pattern:"*psd-manager*" do return (isActive eff)
	)
 
	false
)

Best regards,
Pixamoon

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Submitted by jahman on Mon, 2018-09-17 10:49.

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That's exactly what I did, but it doesn't help to update button state if user delete effect or disable it manually.
There seem no callback for effects, unfortunately. The only way I found is to use when subAnimStructure ... changes on the RenderEffects trackview track. But didn't experiment much.

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Submitted by pixamoon on Mon, 2018-09-17 12:44.

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Just quickly checked here in 2016 and it works (disable / delete effect) but only when I accept changes by closing "Environment and Effects" window or open/close other dialog.

I checked also function from isChecked manually and it works even without closing dialog. So it means isChecked is fired up only if something changes in max Dialogs

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Submitted by jahman on Mon, 2018-09-17 03:30.

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macroScript Leo_Distributed_render_On 
category:"Leo_DR" 
internalCategory:"Distributed_Render" 
tooltip:"Distributed_Render_ON" 
buttontext:"DR ON"
 
(
	on isChecked return (renderers.current.system_distributedRender)
	on execute do
	(
		renderers.current.system_distributedRender = not (renderers.current.system_distributedRender)
 
		for i=1 to numEffects do
		(
			eff = getEffect i
			if matchpattern eff.name pattern:"psd-manager" ignorecase:true do setActive eff (not (isActive eff))
 
		)
	)	
 
)
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Submitted by themaxxer on Mon, 2018-09-17 05:36.

thanks jahman it seems not to

thanks jahman

it seems not to work... and can you write it in a separate script?

best regards
themaxxer

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Submitted by jahman on Mon, 2018-09-17 06:07.

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Try these to toggle psd-manager effect.

for i=1 to numEffects do
(
	eff = getEffect i
	if matchpattern eff.name pattern:"*psd-manager*" ignorecase:true do setActive eff (not (isActive eff))
 
)

or 

for i=1 to numEffects do
(
	eff = getEffect i
	if eff.name == "psd-manager" do setActive eff (not (isActive eff))
 
)
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Submitted by themaxxer on Mon, 2018-09-17 06:30.

thanks jahman the first one

thanks jahman

the first one works, didn't tested the second one.
now is it possible to indicate if the button is pushed? like in the Leo DR script.

I would like to donate something if you want. time is money. :)

thanks
themaxxer

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Submitted by jahman on Mon, 2018-09-17 07:50.

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Not sure how to correctly update toolbar button state when user adds or removes an effect or enables/disables it manually. Seems like no easy solution exists or I couldn't find one.

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