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Title: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: LionelC on 2023-03-02, 21:30:30

Hi,

How can the option "Include lights not assigned to other LightSelect elements" be ticked using maxscript?

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: clemens_at on 2023-03-03, 11:20:07

the property is called ".nodeSource"

example:

Code: [Select]

LightSelectRE = getclassinstances CShading_LightSelect
LightSelectRE.nodeSource = 1

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: LionelC on 2023-03-03, 16:34:38

Thank you Clemens.
Appreciate it.

How do you find that kind of information?
I wasn't able to find that information on the doc or using 3ds max script listener.

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: clemens_at on 2023-03-04, 18:49:19

I usually run the "showClass" command with an additional "*.*" to get all the properties of that class.

for example:

Code: [Select]

showClass "CShading_LightSelect*.*"

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: LionelC on 2023-03-06, 04:22:10

Thank you, that's very helpful.

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: Evgeny1982 on 2023-03-28, 07:30:21

How can I change these settings?

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: clemens_at on 2023-03-28, 10:13:11

did you try the "showClass" command like I wrote in my previous post?

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: Evgeny1982 on 2023-03-28, 19:31:40

Yes, I tried and found these parameters with code: showclass "Cmasking_mask*.*". Thanks for your previous reply.
In any way at what object they should be changed. Is this the Camera? Renderer?, .. Please help, I can't find what I'm looking for.
<????>.mode = 2 ?
Can you get example.

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: clemens_at on 2023-03-28, 22:35:06

well, you have to get the specific render element you want to change.
there are different ways to do that but for example:

Code: [Select]

rem = maxOps.GetCurRenderElementMgr()

myRe = rem.GetRenderElement 0 -- get your renderelement here. The 0 represents the position of the renderelement in the list and starts with 0 for the first one.

myRe.mode = 0
myRe.nodesMonoOn = true
myRe.nodesMono = #($Box001,$Box002) -- inside the array are the objects you want add to the included list.

hope that helps

Title: Re: Maxscript - LightSelect options
Post by: Evgeny1982 on 2023-03-29, 17:11:43

This works great. Thanks a lot!