How and when you save the timer value is up to you. If you don’t want to use frames at all, you can simply do something like… old_val = $Box.pos -…

You can use the “timer” UI element which basically calls a function every x ticks. You can use this to “constantly” check for a change in any paramete…

It’s not big and it’s not clever, but you can always store data in dummy’s in a hidden and locked layer. Either the data can be stored as a custom att…

Uh-ohh! It’s that time, boys. Start unzipping, I’ll get the measuring tape.

Perhaps try taking a look in here?

From a technical POV, or a user interaction POV? Obviously the latter requires technical solutions, but it’s a different discussion altogether imo.

Not that’s what I call cheap outsourcing! I’ll give this a proper go tonight, but I never do very well with speed. Probably all that profanity I insi…

Global really does mean global, within Max at least. Even other scripts can use variables globally declared in other scripts (in fact, this is one of …

New Problem = New Post is my policy! It’s worth remembering that, on CGTalk and most forums where it’s about collaboration and helping each other, a t…

Try “classof”. It comes in the form of… if classof $Direct01 == TargetDirectionallight do blahblahblah If you want it to be just any sort of light, …

Because when you use the constructor (ie Default_Scanline_Render()) you’re doing just that – “constructing” a new instance of the default scanline ren…

There are some… intracacies when it comes to editing the render dialog whilst it is open. Try running it with the render dialog closed, see if that wo…

I believe your diagnosis is correct! variable = renderers.current That’s the thing you’re after, I believe. So in your case, it’d be… mental_ray_re…

I’m a huge fan of offloading stuff to the farm, and it’s worth noting that you can do that on backburner too using cmdjob.exe and a wee script. Edit:…

The image isn’t working, my man!