paul i just made a quick demo of the script and posted it on my blog here
it’s also already part of the soulpix script package i posted further down on the site
another thought about the material thing, a disadvantage of this would be that you cannot access materials from the param wire editor, but with a custom interface that wouldn’t be a problem of course.
The graph is looking great. I like the way that it works so far.
“another thought about the material thing, a disadvantage of this would be that you cannot access materials from the param wire editor, but with a custom interface that wouldn’t be a problem of course.”
Sure you can but the material has to be added to an object. So I’m wondering if that is possible that the material/until nodes could just get added to an object in the scene or rig.
i haven’t had the time to work on the graph for a long while, i hope i can make this into a real tool sometime soon!
about the material thing: of course! maybe one object to collect all of them…
another good idea. maybe another one… how about controllers on a modifier, maybe one could implement sort of an in-out controller that does the calculations in between. that would also enable you to put it on any max object you like…
I wonder about that. It would need to be something like a point2 controller that would take one for the input and one for the output. In some cases you would want several inputs and out puts. I don’t know if this would work with the way that controllers are desinged to work. Interesting thought though. Still a little more confusing then having seperate nodes that you connect together.
a point2 controller, yeah that may work. i wish i could get our c++ guy over here to look into this, but he’s terribly busy for now
Still a little more confusing then having seperate nodes that you connect together.
that’s not a problem when used in conjunction with helium, you could easily have a controller represented as a node with in/out sockets right next to the actual scene nodes
Re: Maya Utility Node
Look up “Math controller” at maxplugins.de
It’s a plug in Kees Rijnen wrote. Unfortunately his site never seems to be online (to me, anyway), but if you can flag his attention maybe he can shoot a copy to you.
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looks like somebody already had the discussion we just had for himself hehe… i’ll take a look at this as soon as i find the time!
i found this place where you can download it