Hello,
I’m on the brink of a very repetitive, dull task. Hope somene could help me
I create more than 200 materials (I have them inside a .mat on project manager plugin), they are all based on the same simple shader, though and only differ in a Diffuse map and Displacement map (It’s a corona material).
The problem comes when I need to apply this material on a single object (the object is always the same, only change the texture), save the object (max and fbx) and save all the textures also on a single folder. Jpg’s, max and fbx.
I can’t say how hard it would be to create a script that automates this task, but I’d like to get some input here or I can pay for it (write me DM). I guess the script would have to do the following:
- (This step is already done but I would want to automate this also, now I have done it manually
- Create material (duplicate from a pre-defined material) and name it after the object.
- Assign bitmap texture map to the diffuse slot, and displacement map also. Both bitmaps have the same name: texture%Displacement, texture
- Save .mat material (for example: Material-set01.mat)
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Open a pre-defined object (Its a scene with only this object), apply the material we create on the previous step
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Replace Coronadisplacement map modifier applied on the object to the new one.
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Rename textures based on some parametre I could change. (for example: Material-set01-00/01/02.jpg
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Create a folder name based on the same parametre of the previous step (for example: Material-set01)
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Save textures inside this folder
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Save a max 2016 and fbx (pre-defined preset), inside this folder (Material-set01-2016.max.)
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Go to the next textures and repeat the procees.
Unfortunately, my maxscript skills are non-existent…
If there is anyone out there, willing to write that script or write me a DM, I’d be able to reward him/her with a fee.
Thanks!