Tagged 'General Scripting'

Hello!
this is my first post here, I'll explain my problem:

I'm trying to develop a 3ds max modifier plugin in maxscript. I don't want to use C++ cos I'm not skilled enough.
This modifier is suppose to be applied in a shape object and creates a mesh which the topology is arranged in a certain way. The result is not too far from what the Loft objects do.

I make a script create a xref with a name , everything is ok , but the " xrefs.addNewXRefObject " is too slow , i dont know why ? can you fix it ?

rollout xrefmng "XREF"
(
edittext txtName "NAME" text:"NewName" width:130 height:18
button obj2xr "OBJ to XREF"
on obj2xr pressed do
(
disableSceneRedraw()
newpath = maxFilePath + "xref/"
makedir newpath
filepath = (newpath + txtName.text+".max")
if $ != undefined do
(
saveNodes $ filepath
delete $
)
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objNames = getMAXFileObjectNames filepath

Need help on a script to convert standard materials into another (but keep the diffuse texture map)
I want this script to find every standard material in the scene. Keep the diffuse map texture path to then convert the standard material to a "SC2 standard material" (stracraft 2). Once converted put the earlier stored diffuse map texture back in place.

mfor o in geometry do 
(
if classof o.material == VRayMtl do 
	(
 
		tt = Standardmaterial ()
		tt.diffusemap = o.material.texmap_diffuse
 
tt.diffuse = o.material.diffuse
		o.material = tt
	)

I have two questions that are trying to get to the same place

I am creating an array of all modifiers,

modArr = modifier.classes

Is there a way to sort this array into alphabetical order since the items are not strings?

Or is there a way to force "modifier.classes" to return the list in alphabetical order?

Thanks!