Maxigo-07 v.02 (update-21.April 2007)

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:15 pm

It should already do that. If you set the absorption to blue, then do you get yellow? I don't thing so.
So it is not that. The color values are "reversed" already.

Suvakas

[edit] Simple test

Set the Red value of absorption to 255 and check the R: parameter on medium material interface. It should show 0. If you set the red to 0, then R: should be 25.5
Also the SSS color on your image doesn't look so wrong to me (it may be, but it looks quite OK.) There is a light color to consider + refraction and may be some other factors. So it may be correct

Slobodan · Post by **Slobodan** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:05 pm

Suvakas,

I just want to thank you.
I'm just in process of testing your exporter and so far works great.

Thank you for all your work.

Slobodan

sth · Post by **sth** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:18 am

Hello! I'm new here....
I'm writing cos i got strange error messages when i press Export button and I have no ideas where it may come from...

and also:

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Welcome to MAXScript.

-- Error occurred in button_render_320.pressed(); filename: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3dsMax8\scripts\Maxigo\Maxigo.mse; position: 84533
--  Defined in encrypted script
>> MAXScript Rollout Handler Exception: -- Type error: Call needs function or class, got: undefined <<
-- Error occurred in btn_export.pressed(); filename: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3dsMax8\scripts\Maxigo\Maxigo.mse; position: 76553
--  Defined in encrypted script
>> MAXScript Rollout Handler Exception: -- Cannot assign to read-only variable: linear <<

I was following instalation notes exactly and error message is happening to every scene i try to render... Does enyone know what am I doing wrong? Can enyone help?

I was using succesfully 3dsmax exporter for Indigo 0.6...
(3,3GHz, 1GBram, winxp, 3dsmax8)

Sorry for my english/Thanks in advance....

Kosmokrator · Post by **Kosmokrator** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:28 am

hhmmm i have no idea......only suvakas may help.......u have set the path for indigo.exe? i can think something else....

sth · Post by **sth** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:36 am

Kosmokrator wrote:u have set the path for indigo.exe?

yes.... i've already done it...

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:02 am

It seems, that it can't assign a value to variable named "linear". It is the ISO parameter under Camera rollout. I'm making a wild guess here, but maby some other plugin you have installed is already using a variable with that name. I could change the name of that "linear" variable to something else. Maby it helps...

Suvakas

sth · Post by **sth** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:11 am

U say I should try temporarily remove other max scripts from 3dsMax8\Scripts? hmm.... can this be problem with older indigo exporter?

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:27 am

I changed the name of that "linear" variable.
Get the script from here - Maxigo.mse
Copy it to your Max_dir/Scripts/Maxigo and overwrite the previous maxigo.mse file.

Let me know if that solved your problem!!

Suvakas

sth · Post by **sth** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:39 am

WOW!

Thanks a lot Suvakas!!!!!

Yep... you were right... when i disabled all my additional plugins Maxigo script started to work. The second version of script is working all the time even with all plugins loaded...

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:44 am

@Suvakas: Just created a basic video tutorial on how to set up Maxigo in 3dsmax, customize a menu for it and create a basic scene with materials. Hope it helps getting everyone started (very similar to the one I had captured for U3dreal's M2I

)
grab it here:(29 mb, wmv format)
http://www.danielpatton.com/afecelis/In ... maxigo.zip

quick shot of the tut scene:

Please give it about half an hour since it's only at 30% of uploading by now

Kosmokrator · Post by **Kosmokrator** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:04 am

suvakas i found an exporting bug.....when i set the glossy transparensy to 1 the lower possible value the exporter export this....

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		<medium>
			<name>Material #30-medium</name>
			<precedence>10</precedence>

			<basic>
				<ior>1.5</ior>
				<cauchy_b_coeff>0.0</cauchy_b_coeff>

				<absorption_coefficient_spectrum>
				<rgb>
				   <rgb>0.0 25.5 25.5</rgb>
				</rgb>
				</absorption_coefficient_spectrum>


				<subsurface_scattering>
					<scattering_coefficient_spectrum>
					   <uniform>
						<value>200.0</value>
					   </uniform>
					</scattering_coefficient_spectrum>

					<phase_function>
					<henyey_greenstein>
					   <g_spectrum>
					   <uniform>
						<value>0.3</value>
					   </uniform>
					   </g_spectrum>
					</henyey_greenstein>
					</phase_function>

				</subsurface_scattering>
			</basic>
		</medium>


		<material>
			<name>Material #30</name>
			<glossy_transparent>
				<exponent>100</exponent>
				<internal_medium_name>Material #30-medium</internal_medium_name>
			</glossy_transparent>
		</material>

i hand edit the xml,exponent value to 10 and now i get the difuse SSS material i wont....please chek the values thnx...i think there are similar problem like this...

kl_mar · Post by **kl_mar** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:56 am

This new script is excellent, but suvakas, what about that to open the code of maxigo?

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:23 pm

@Afecelis:
I just watched your tutorial video and ...WOW!!! It is really GREAT

I havn't seen the one you made for M2I, but this one is good and very professional! Thank you for taking the time to make this. I'll add the link to first post of this thread too. Should help the beginners a lot. Thanks again!

@Kosmokrator
Well.. technically it's not a bug, but more like a feature

I'm multiplying the value by 100 in order to keep smaller numbers in Max. At the time of writing i thought that it might be a good idea. Maby it isn't. Ok. I will change it to a larger value field in Max (may be like from 1 to 99 000) and i'll take away the multiplier.

@kl_mar
May be i will at some point. Since it is my first maxscript, then at the moment the code looks like a big mess, so it's hardly readable to anyone else [it's partly in estonian language

] . You see... my plan wasn't to release a "great max exporter", but more like to learn the scripting language. I sure have to organise some stuff before making the code public. At the moment it seems a bit boring thing to do

But we'll see how it goes.

Suvakas

[edit:] Maybe the bump values exported are too strong too? What do you guys think? Should i lower the bump export by one digit?

Kosmokrator · Post by **Kosmokrator** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:31 am

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 edit:] Maybe the bump values exported are too strong too? What do you guys think? Should i lower the bump export by one digit?

definalu suvakas...with 1 value of bump i get realy enought bump effect....if i wont less?.......chek all that values....thnx for your work again!

Xman · Post by **Xman** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:31 am

Hi,suvakas
True, I can't download your Maxigo-07_v01b,
can you Upload to indigo forum?

thanks

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