I have a function like that
fn assign object property = (
object.material.property = color 150 150 150
)
Whenever I call it with something like
assign $box001 DiffuseColor
i get property:undefined.
I’ve also tried
assign $box001 "DiffuseColor"
but I cannot manage to pass that parameter to the function.
Why?
probably because DiffuseColor in your case is undefined.
also material doesn’t have #property property if it’s not a custom.
the function could be:
fn setNodeMaterialProperty node prop value =
(
if isvalidnode node and iskindof node.mat Material and isproperty node.mat prop do
(
setproperty node.mat prop value
)
)
if you absolutely sure that all parameters are valid and you have a default value to set:
fn setNodeMaterialProperty node prop value:red =
(
setproperty node.mat prop value
)
“probably because DiffuseColor in your case is undefined. “
But I want to define DiffuseColor inside the function so the result would be
assign box Diffusecolor
reads as
box.material.DiffuseColor = color 150 150 150
in this case you don’t need to pass property, you only need a value
fn setNodeMaterialDiffuseColor node col = (node.mat.DiffuseColor = col)
-- setNodeMaterialDiffuseColor selection[1] red
Thanks, one last thing.
With my function I want to able to pass a property of the material, like specularmap, diffusemap,refractionmap and so on.
So the example function you wrote would be something like
fn setNodeMaterialDiffuseColor node matprop = (node.material.matprop = col 150 150 150)
-- setNodeMaterialDiffuseColor selection[1] specularmap
or
-- setNodeMaterialDiffuseColor selection[1] diffusemap
I guess maxscript is acting like the matprop argument is treated like a built-in property, and thus not recognizing it as a variable.
Maybe I’m heading to a non practical solution?