Help a total begginer on Maxscript

[arqrenderz]

Hi, im under quarantine for 20 more days in my country, i was hoping to put this time to good use and to learn the basics of maxscript programming would be very useful, So any of you have good tutorials or resources to get started? maybe some tricks and tips you have learn ? Where do you get all the expressions and the basic programing language? Have any tried phyton with 3dsmax? it's supposed to be easier?
Thank you so much

[maru]

I still can't say I know maxscript and I wouldn't even call myself a beginner, but here are some hints:
- This: https://corona-renderer.com/wiki/maxscript
- This: http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/16/ENU/MAXScript-Help/index.html?url=files/GUID-F039181A-C072-4469-A329-AE60FF7535E7.htm,topicNumber=d30e3296
- If you have something specific in your mind, try finding existing scripts and editing them
- If you need help with something, try googling for it - it's really easy to find examples

[niljut]

tutorials
https://vimeo.com/showcase/1514565 (old, but very thorough)
https://davewortley.wordpress.com/lessons/

cheat sheet
http://www.thecgschool.com/downloads/3DATS_MAXScript_Cheat_Sheet.pdf

docs
https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2020/ENU/?guid=GUID-F039181A-C072-4469-A329-AE60FF7535E7 or whichever version you're using. From my experience, later versions are almost exclusively better to script for compared to older ones.

The number one way I learned things after I got a handle of the basics was to look at other peoples' scripts and see how they did things. Anything named .ms is not encrypted, unlike .mse files, so they can be looked at. Look at scriptspot for simple scripts. Many are unencrypted, thankfully.

[arqrenderz]

Thx for all the links!

[Jpjapers]

maxforumsis also great for snippets as are the scriptspot forums.