3DS Max - Shader - Rollout Menu

Ace-Angel

Hey to all,

I was wondering if anyone knew any documentation I could read up on creating custom rollout menu's for shaders in Max.

Basically, having the same nice and clean organized look 3PS, MR, VRAY and the Standard Material in Max all have.

Cheers and ciao.

TomDeVis

Just recreat it through maxscript I believe ?

Nysuatro

We are going to release the new xoliulshader with all the code. So you can see how we did it.

But to get you started. Take a look at scripted plugins / scripted materials

cman2k

Ohhhh, sounds nice!

On a side note: Nysuatro, did I meet you when your school visited Cryptic Studios? I was the spanish environment/tech artist with the ridiculous goatee, hehe. Not sure if it was you I met, but I did meet a few people who worked on the Execute project and talked to me about it...

Ace-Angel

TomDeVis :Interesting, is that really possible? I tried creating a simple rollout UI for a menu in Max with visual scripting, but couldn't get it to work as a rollout menu per say, it looked like a standard Toolbar more then anything. Plus, I couldn't figure out how to put it into the Material editor. Max 2011 by the way.

Nysuatro :Wow, that's nice! It will be indeed awesome when released. As for looking at scripted materials, I'm guessing taking a look at Mental Ray/Max ones is out of the question since they're most likely encrypted?

Cheers guys!

Nysuatro

@cman2k : Was not me. Didnt had the money to come to America
@Ace-Angel : I am not sure about that. If I find some time this week I will take a look at it.

Ace-Angel

Ooohhh, much appreciated for the help mate, thank you