I’ve never used Lua (I’m a Python fan, myself), but one thing, I think, needs to be said in response. That Maxscript may appear similar to another la…

The scripts are designed to work on editable poly objects – not meshes, and not using the Edit Mesh modifier. Could this be your problem? RH

Recreating vray’s precise displacement result as geometry would require a prohibitively dense mesh (millions of polygons). You could get a similar, i…

Rollout controls are always local to the rollout. Try forward-declaring your rollout instead, and then access the activex control as a property of th…

I always forget that sliders don’t have the controller property like spinners (a major oversight in MXS controls, IMO). Yep, you’ll have to go with s…

You would need to set the sliders’ .controller property to the controllers you want them to track. By sharing the controllers you get realtime update…

Well, if you’re using Max7 you can supply the triMesh as the mesh: parameter of editable_mesh. Otherwise, you need to first create an empty editable_…

Please see your other post re: how to convert triMesh to mesh. RH

Last I checked, it was not possible to make scripted shape plugins. You might be able to do something similar using a mouse tool, though. RH

Yep, Maxscript can only create expression controllers, and nothing more. Of course, you could use script controllers instead. Expressions may be a l…

True, you would then collect all dummy objects. You would also not collect any non-dummy objects, which may or may not be desired. Also, if there ar…

I considered answering when I first saw this question, but deferred to Bobo since it was, after all, directed to him. And I’m glad I waited, because …

I have to pretty much agree with Rens, it was easiest for me to learn by starting with an idea and then working through it until I either finished it,…

That Lord Greywolf website – ouch! How many text crawlers does one page need? By the way, you should try viewing these sites in the Opera browser (i…

This is a great example of thinking outside of the normal bounds of Maxscript! I imagine it will prove useful, in fact. Thanks for sharing Yep, so…