[Closed] CGTALK MAXSCRIPT CHALLENGE – Topics and Suggestions

Just letting you know the new challenge will be up in a few hours.:wip:

How about a maxscript that utilised Max 7’s editable poly GrowSelect function, and used an incremental setMapFace operation to allow creeping textures.

I only ask as i could really use one!!

The new challenge will be up in a few hours (had a late film night!)

I’m noticing a severe lack of attendence in the maxscript challenges. What do we need to do to make them work for you?

erilaz,

I am too slow to solve the challange in my lunch time, so please extend my lunchtime or make me faster

Still like/love to “think” about the challanges, ie the idea of generating textures with maxscript.

Maybe “challange” is a difficult approach as , – I can only speak for myself -, many tasks at work are challenges.

Georg

I scripted a tool to do something like that a couple of weeks ago while at work… will post it up when I got a mo

Hi Erilaz,

Well it has been Siggraph week so I imagine a lot of people have been busy into the lead-up to that.
I also think that some of the challenges so far have maybe been a little too in depth for a week for the normal full time employee of a 3d sweatshop. Maybe there should be two categories, a month task and a weekly task.
The weekly task would be more basic scripts, like useful functions:

select duplicate faces,
deselect invisible edges,
select spline segments that are zero length or even as stated above,
align slice plane to selected faces – i have one, download it herejonahhawk
explode elements (and many other things that were in footools once!)

or basic utilities:
coffee table script (challenge no. 1)
rename all bitmap paths

Then the monthkly taks could be something a little more full on like the footprints task,

a material converter,
project manager (to manage scene resources),
storyboard editor,
and some of the things that have already been suggested.

I’m just thinking this might help younger scripters to learn a bit more rather than feeling a bit put off by more advanced scripters.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

cheers,

Josh.

I’ll try to put a new one up tonight. Something simpler.

Okay! Going to start this up again next week. Had a crap load on my plate te last few weeks. I’ll make something a little easier to fill the gap between now and the new cg challenge. Stay tuned for Monday…

How about a script that mimics Maya’s append face?

It creates a face by clicking two edges instead of 3/4 verts. Small but useful timesaver.