Corona Material/Lights Converter (legacy)

[daniel.reutersward]

Now I got a long list of "-- No ""get"" function for undefined". I´ve attached a txt-file that I generated.

I seem to try to convert weird stuff :D

[racoonart]

hmm.. well, I fear that log is not helpful :( I have to extend the error log with additional information. Do you by any chance have any idea what didn't get converted?

[daniel.reutersward]

Yes, some regular VRayMtls and some VrayMtls connected to a regular BlendMtl, seems to be random materials?

[racoonart]

Would you mind sending me the materials again? I think I know what the problem is but I don't know where ;)

[daniel.reutersward]

Sure, I´ll send them asap :)

[johan belmans]

Hi Martin
as requested by your script, see attachment

[racoonart]

Fixed a nasty bug when Slate was used as material editor. Thanks goes to daniel.reutersward and belly for reporting and multiple test rounds ;)

FOLLOWING SCRIPT IS ONLY WORKING WITH DAILY BUILDS!
Get it here: http://www.racoon-artworks.de/CoronaConverter/CoronaConverter.html

changelog:
*v0.33_dailyBuilds

• fixed: conversion of VrayMtl sometimes failed when Slate material editor was used

[Dollmaker]

DeadClown rocks even though he is dead :D

[Dollmaker]

Got an error with 0.33  :)

[racoonart]

hmmm.. there are some odd things about that:
- the "multiplier in CoronaLightMtl" bug was fixed in 0.32, there is no multiplier anymore in v.32 and up.
- I added a new errorMessage routine, also in 0.32, which catches these kind of errors and won't popup that kind of message boxes
- the scriptwindow in the back highlights a line of code of the "fR Architectural Material"-conversion function?

My best guess is that you are not using v0.33 but some older version. You've probably overwritten the script file but since the script editor has drag&drop scripts open, I guess you haven't been replacing these.

[snakebox]

@deadclown Request: Is there any chance that we will see a similar script converting Vray to Corona for maya? 

[racoonart]

Maybe, I don't know :D . Not from me because I don't have any maya knowledge..

[Dollmaker]

I will check on it again thanks.. :)

[Juraj]

I must be absolutely dumb, but will rather ask to speed up my problem solving:

Downloaded, edited in notepad, saved as macro, and put into Macroscript. Everything as usual. But it didn't replace the 0.28 which I think I had deleted, or perhaps not but can't find anything with that name in Macro folder.
Thus I can't use it in Max as toolbar button, because it still reads the former version. The new 0.33 is also the only 2015 file in the folder...

I am lost. Any chance how was the 0.28 script called ? Or is there something different I am doing wrong ?

Edit: Got it, the former (0.28) macro was somehow in "C:\Users\Juraj\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMaxDesign\2015 - 64bit\ENU\usermacros" I don't know how it got there...

Now should I replace that one with new ? Or delete than one and place the new in regular macro folder ?

Edit2: Ok, simply deleting the one in UserMacros in AppData (which seems to take priority), made it read the one in root 3dsMax folder (Macro subfolder). Did it migrate there at some occasion ?

[racoonart]

Yes, the 3dsmax script/user content handling is a bit weird. In older max versions you were simply placing it in the usermacros/usermacros/whatever in your max folder. But later when windows introduced rights management they had to move that kind of stuff to your "user" folder. You can still use both ways but the order in which the scripts are loaded is important. Afaik, scripts in the user folder are loaded last, so everything that is in there overwrites the other ones.
If you run (maxscript menu -> run script) a macroscript it will be placed in the user folder. I'm not sure but I think I had some occasions where scripts also got moved (or copied) from the max folder to user folder.