MAXSCRIPT CompleteRedraw question

leslievdb

hey guys i was wondering if someone can tell me if CompleteRedraw() in max stops a script until the redraw is complete or let's it continue the script before the entire redraw is complete?

I'm having some issues with my grabviewport script and i think it's because of the script being faster than the viewportupdating on some systems.

tnx

monster

I want to say yes because when I run the first script below, the viewport is grabbed before the box is created. But in the second script the box is created, moved, and then viewport grabbed.

I usually use ForceCompleteRedraw() because it can do disabled view ports as well.

(
    b = box()
    move b [0,10,0]
    grab_bmp = gw.getViewportDib()
    display grab_bmp
)

(
    b = box()
    move b [0,10,0]
    forcecompleteRedraw doDisabled:true
    grab_bmp = gw.getViewportDib()
    display grab_bmp
)

leslievdb

yeah great way to test this

but wouldn't it start updating before all previous operations are complete if it's a bigger operation?

I'm going to test this with an array of objects maybe i can push my laptop that way to trigger such a scenario

tnx for the input ^^