[Closed] Collision Export Name issuse

Hey Everybody,

I have to update a script that I have for making Unreal collision in 3Ds max and I am having an issue getting something named correctly. The issue is that when I export from 3Ds Max 2012 into Unreal with the current script setup, Unreal will miss the collision in the file. After some searching around the web I found out that its because the collision object needs to have the same name as the mesh that its attached to.

At first I thought that it would as simple as adding this to the top of my code.

n = $.name

And then calling that in the following function like so.

the_box = Box prefix: "UCX_ " + n as string + length:l width:w height:h pos:c 

But that did not work and I am pretty sure that it is because I am trying to appended the name in the wrong location but I am not really sure where I would have to call it. In the end I would like for the name to look like the following…

UCX_SelectedObjectName_00(This number needs to still increment)

Here is the completed script for anyone to have a look at and let me know what I need to do or where I need to look to fix this issue.

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-- UCX Collision Box 
-- 05.10.2010
-- Sam Deiter
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-- This script allows you to make a a UCX collision box using your current selection 
-- in edit poly mode. 

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macroscript UCXCollisionBoxMacro
    category:"Unreal Tools"
    buttonText:"UCX Collision Box"
    toolTip:"Make a single UCX Collision Box"

(

n = $.name 

--Set up the min and max values that will need to create the box	
fn minimum a b =
(
	if a > b then return b
		return a
)

fn maximum a b =
(
	if a < b then return b
		return a
)

-- Get your current selection

selectedFaces = polyop.GetFaceSelection selection[1]
selectedVerts = polyop.getVertsUsingFace selection[1] selectedFaces

-- Min and Max of your selection
boxmin = point3 0 0 0
boxmax = point3 0 0 0
firstVertex = true


-- Loop to see the min and max of your selection
for i = 1 to selectedVerts.count do
(
	if selectedVerts[i] == true do
	(
		vertex = selection[1].verts[i]
		if firstVertex == true then
		(
			boxmin.x = vertex.pos.x
			boxmax.x = vertex.pos.x
			boxmin.y = vertex.pos.y
			boxmax.y = vertex.pos.y
			boxmin.z = vertex.pos.z
			boxmax.z = vertex.pos.z
			firstVertex = false
		)
		else 
		(
			boxmin.x = minimum vertex.pos.x boxmin.x
			boxmin.y = minimum vertex.pos.y boxmin.y
			boxmin.z = minimum vertex.pos.z boxmin.z
			
			boxmax.x = maximum vertex.pos.x boxmax.x
			boxmax.y = maximum vertex.pos.y boxmax.y			
			boxmax.z = maximum vertex.pos.z boxmax.z
		)
	)
)


center = point3  0 0 0
center.x = (boxmax.x - boxmin.x) * 0.5 + boxmin.x
center.y = (boxmax.y - boxmin.y) * 0.5 + boxmin.y
center.z = (boxmax.z - boxmin.z) * 0.5 + boxmin.z

--print center
--print boxmax
--print boxmin
--for i in obj = selection[1].selectedFaces collect i.index do
--for i in local obj = selection[1] do

-- Creat a collision prim using your selection
	
(
		l   = (boxmax.y - boxmin.y)
		w = (boxmax.x - boxmin.x)
		h =  (boxmax.z - boxmin.z)
		c = center - [0, 0, (h/2)]		
	--What do I have to add here to get the name to  UCX_SelectedObjectName_00
		the_box = Box prefix: "UCX_ "  length:l width:w height:h  pos:c + "String" 
		convertToPoly(the_box)
		the_box.wireColor = (color 255 0 255  )
		the_box.xray = on
		
		
)

)