So I've been working on this tool that allows a user to run maxscript files in succession on a selection of .max files, through the use of the command line interface that max offers. Now obviously I want to run max in the background, so i'm using the following statement: 3dsmax.exe -q -silent -mip -u MAXScript…
So the window that pops up is 3ds Max's MaxScript Listener window. If you start Max open the Listener and minimize it, then it'll only pop up in bottom corner of your screen. If you have a simple script you can use -mxs and the listener won't come up at all. There is no stdout, the best you can do is create a temp text…
Hey monster, thanks for the info - I actually managed to get my own 'stdout' going using dotnet sockets, some of the code for which i found here: http://techarttiki.blogspot.ch/2009/12/maxscript-dotnet-sockets-with-python.html It works really well, especially with lots of output; I used to do what you suggest, but I had to…