call maxscript script with different parameters

phosphorvk

I'm relatively new to maxscript and I just made a script that I run via "scripting/run script...". Conceptually, this script takes different parameters, such as numbers and strings, but because of my limited knowledge, I'm just hard-coding them in the script and manually change them every time I need something different.

What's the recommended way to parameterize my script? I was wondering if there's a way to call 3ds max from the command line such that as soon it starts, it runs my script with different parameters specified via command line arguments.

monster

First you would save your script as a function definition in the UserStartup script folder.

function AddVals val1 val2 =
(
    newVal = val1 + Val2
    print newVal
)

Then to run it you would can type the following into the listener.

AddVals 1 2

In the MaxScript help doc look up Function Definitions and Startup Scripts.

PolyHertz

Aside from monsters suggestion, you can also assign the values to a global variable that the script uses and then run the script via FileIn().

Klunk

theres also the option of ini files in either .ini or .xml flavour