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Arranging Lights in Lightmix

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Raoulk:
Hello Professionals,

I am working on a big interior scene with at least 30 lightselects.
Sometimes I need to add new ones and they end up by the end of the list.

does somebody know of a way to rearrange them without losing the values already inputted?

Thank you
Raoul

Aram Avetisyan:
Hi,

A new render element is added at the end of the list, I don't think Corona controls that, it's Max thing.
When you add a new lightmix (CShading_LightSelect) layer, other layers should stay intact, unless you re-create the lightmix.

If you do this manually through render elements dialog, old values should stay intact. Just make sure that the light you add to a new lightmix layer is not in another layer (exception is, of course, the rest).

Tom:
I'm pretty sure I came across such a tool but I'm not sure as I reinstalled 3ds Max since then and it's no longer installed now.
I'm talking about "Creative Tools": a set of scripts developed by Creative Lighting: https://www.creativelighting.co/archviz-masterclass/
One of these scripts allowed me to rename and rearrange the lights order in the Corona VFB. So far as I remember lights values were not changed.
Maybe you can get in touch with Nikos and see if he's willing to sell you the tool?

jrgby:
Yes you can rearrange the list without losing values, though it's a slightly fiddly work-around.

Just delete the render element (or multiple) and then Ctrl+Z and it will bring it back at the end of the list with name and values intact (works in Max2025).

In this way you can sort of shuffle them into order.

maru:
Here is a script ChatGPT wrote for me. I didn't thank him to save energy, so let's thank him here.
It can be used to move render elements up and down. You need to re-render to see the effect in the VFB though.

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