From purely selfish needs and from what I learned from talking with others, I decided to start a MaxScript knowledge and question thread, where we can post all the resources for MaxScript we got and post any scripting questions we have, without cluttering up the Tech Artist - What are you working on: FOREVER Edition!…
Primergy, I recommend using dotNET in MaxScript for reading / writing XML. It's not very hard, and it's way faster than printing out an xml with format. Reading: http://paulneale.com/tutorials/dotNet/xml/xmlReading.htm Writing: http://paulneale.com/tutorials/dotNet/xml/xml.htm
Damn, that was simpler than I expected haha. Thanks a lot! I've lost track of the amount of times you've fixed my broken scripts. Have you ever considered doing a Gumroad tutorial? I'd personally definitely pick that up.
I'd watch your tutorials. :) But I think what you are alluding too is correct. Most people want script tools, but have no real time for lessons. The target group would be young tech artists or people that need to jump from program X to 3dsMax with as little down time as possible.
+1 for a tutorial! Everyone says "read the help doc" yea yea. The maxscript "help" documents are "ok" but they are so general and lacking real world samples. I have learned the most from picking apart scripts made by real artists. There are so many edge case exceptions and funky rules that makes digesting it all difficult.…