Max Script Challenge

AstroZombie

One of my co-workers asked me if there was a "free transform" tool in max. Like a way to move, rotate, and scale an object all by selecting on different parts of a gizmo rather than selecting the move, rotate, and scale tools individually (correct me if I'm wrong here, maya users, but I think he got the idea from using Maya doing production work on Sims 2). Anyhow, I figured why not see if any scripters were up for the challenge of creating such a script. Is this possible? Anyone up for taking a jab at it?

Illusions

Hmm...idea that would make this easier, instead of clicking on different parts of the gizmo, why not just assign each function to a mouse button? Like, you'd select the tool, and:

Left mouse (click and hold) - Scale by selecting an axis, or by selecting multiple axii
Middle mouse (click and hold) - Move by ....
Right mouse (click and hold) - Rotate by ....

Mojo2k

eww Illusions i think i tried using a program that was kinda like that, was a pain in the ass, like finger gymnastics. i think the gizom think would be great tho

Rick Stirling

Yeah the Silo/Maya one is stunning

What I just do is use the default w, e, and r to switch between the modes.

AstroZombie

Yea, I usually use the hot keys too. He's placing a lot of trees in a game level though, so I guess he felt that hot keys weren't fast enough for him.

Illusions

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eww Illusions i think i tried using a program that was kinda like that, was a pain in the ass, like finger gymnastics. i think the gizom think would be great tho

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Lol...You're talking to the guy who wanted to replace his keyboard with a Nostromo Speedpad for creating cutsom Hotkeys...lol...until the salesperson talked me out of buying it...I never saw that coming...

MacD

Would anything that salesman said about the speedpad apply to one of those spaceball 4000 thingies? I've always wanted one of them...

Illusions

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Would anything that salesman said about the speedpad apply to one of those spaceball 4000 thingies? I've always wanted one of them...

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Idk, the salesman just said that the keys on the Nostromo Speedpad tend to stick and need to be worked a bit...that and they didn't have a return policy...so I don't know if this affects the spaceball...