Corona Material/Lights Converter (legacy)

[racoonart]

No i have to find ALL of them, and click by clik turn off displacement or change max amount...

Both implemented.

is there a way you can update the converter to convert whatever material in a scene to a default corona material even if it cant convert the material to its corona version.?

I've added a way to convert specific material classes to CoronaMtls since I didn't want to create a "whitelist" of working Materials for Corona. You can select all material types you want to convert to Default CoronaMtls and press the button ;) I would appreciate if someone with access to the daily builds (+ v0.15 converter) would try it :)

There are a lot of material classes in there which are not exposed to the max UI, like "LockedMaterialWrapper" and "NoMaterial" etc. I tried converting them and it didn't break anything (as far as I can tell ;) ). But I would feel better if some other people would test it.

[romullus]

Is this mean, that if i don't have vray installed, i will still be able to convert vray materials to generic corona ones?

[racoonart]

Not directly, since the script only lists classes which are available in your max version - I get all subclasses from the "material" class. But there is a class called "Missing_Mtl" which may work for exactly those cases. Normally, classes which are unknown to max are listed as Missing_Mtl.

[Edit] Just tested it with some old Arion Scenes and it works :)

[romullus]

Great! Should i PM you to get access to v0.15?

[Ice_Juice]

Hi, DeadClown. does't work converting Mental Ray lights to Corona Lights, this can be done? in 0.15

[racoonart]

does not work converting Mental Ray lights to Corona Lights, this can be done? in 0.15

It's a material converter, not a lights converter ;)
There is another Script in this sub-forum which does those things.

[Ice_Juice]

oops )))

[romullus]

Just tried to convert missing material - works like a charm!

[catalinabota]

Hello. I am new to corona and to 3ds max also. Could you please tell me where should I put the script for material converter? Or how do I have to install it? Thank you very much.

[racoonart]

You can put it wherever you want :) just choose "maxscript -> "run script" from the menu bar or drag and drop the script file into any viewport.

[antanas]

Or you can make it this way - http://pablab.pasart.net/3ds-max-how-to-create-maxscript-toolbar-button/ - it's way easier to work with scripts that way I think :)
Btw, great updates for script functionality - max displacement level was really needed, thanks !

[fellazb]

Or you can make it this way - http://pablab.pasart.net/3ds-max-how-to-create-maxscript-toolbar-button/ - it's way easier to work with scripts that way I think :)
Btw, great updates for script functionality - max displacement level was really needed, thanks !

That made my day, thanks!

[racoonart]

The converter is now included in the A6 installer. I will, however, keep the download page up to date to provide bug fixings and new functionality.

changelog:
*v.015

• updated VrayDirt conversion: + radius texmap + inverse switch + same obj only + exclude/include lists
• fixed a bug when trying to convert a selection of objects without materials
• added a readme/warning to check materials after conversion
• emission/self-illumination has been corrected to work with A6
• added "show maps in viewport" functionality
• corona prefix option now disabled by default
• fixed: Vray fresnel ior lock ignored
• switched to new refraction modes (prior glassmodes)
• added checkbox for switching the renderer to corona
• fixed displacement conversion (map amount has been removed)
• removed VrayMultiSubTex conversion (works with corona now)
• added proper VrayOverrideMtl conversion
• added macroscript header, if you uncomment those 2 lines (remove "--") it will be installable as macroscript
• added statistics about materials in the scene
• fixed MR_ArchAndDesign diffuse level
• fixed Vray Absorption: multiplier -> distance is now calculated inverse; absorption will be ignored if fog color == white
• added Autodesk Materials conversion (Generic + all subsequent mats like Stone, Wood, ...)
• added Autodesk Bitmap conversion; maps like autodesk tile, autodesk noise etc are not supported
• added max displacement level functionality + disable displacement maps button
• added material class -> default CoronaMtl converter

[Fibonacci]

Hi,

I would like to say thank you for your really good job!

[jjaz82]

DeadClown you are a master...
compliments working perfect