[Closed] How do you make CA's GUI controls' controllers to stay?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been puzzling myself over this issue and I seem to be lost for now.

I’m adding a CA def on a standard Empty Attribute holder and I’m using simple UI controls (sliders, spinners) on it, however, when I define the UI and I assign a controller to the UI’s control’s controller, as soon as I deselect the object with the CA DEF on, the controller link gets lost.

I have no friggin idea why that is and how to avoid it. But creating a UI control with a default controller fails, so, I really don’t know.

Here’s the simple CA DEF:

def = attributes "Body"
(
	parameters main rollout:params
	(
		bodyScale type:#float ui:sldrHBS default:1.0
	)
	
	rollout params "Hanuman Controls"
	(
		group "Hanuman Scale"
		(
			-- BODY --
			slider sldrHBS "Body Scale" range:[1.0,10.0,1.0] type:#float ticks:10 width:97 orient:#horizontal align:#left across:2
			spinner spnHBS range:[1.0,10.0,1.0] type:#float scale:.1 fieldWidth:35 align:#right offset:[0,25]
		)
	)
)

Now, as soon as the CA DEF is created and added to the empty Attribute Holder modifier, I assign the slider and the spinner the same controller, so that they’re linked together:

$obj.modifiers[1].Body.params.sldrHBS.controller = <some controller on another object>
$obj.modifiers[1].Body.params.spnHBS.controller = $obj.modifiers[1].Body.params.sldrHBS.controller

Everything works just fine, until I deselect the object the CA def is stored on. Then, suddently, all the links among the controllers dissappear.

I’ve searched web, obviously the documentation, but I haven’t found a solution to this issue. It almost seems like a bug in 3ds Max.

By the way, I’m on 3ds Max 2009 x64, if it makes any difference.

Thanks a lot in advance, cheers,

• Lukas