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Forest Pack => Forest Pro (*) => Topic started by: Dragan on February 21, 2019, 06:42:14 AM

Title: Multiple FP - parameter change
Post by: Dragan on February 21, 2019, 06:42:14 AM

Hi,
Is there a way to change/set parameters on Multiple FP.
I have 50+ FPs in the scene and need to set the same parameters for all, eg.:
Distribution: X-units, Cluster on (Cluster settings)
Camera: AutoCamera assign to on
Transform: Translation, Rotation...
etc.
Some sort of script,xml, text file?

tnx
Dragan

Title: Re: Multiple FP - parameter change
Post by: Dragan on February 21, 2019, 02:03:44 PM

hm, I try to export Preset and simply edit in Notepad.
As I can see, If I delete unwanted parameters/change some/resave and load this file into another FP it works! Only those parameters are changed.
So I guess it could be done with some kind of script to display GUI to set/change parameters with a checkbox for `export selection` and then Import to multiple FPs.

Title: Re: Multiple FP - parameter change
Post by: Michal Karmazín on February 21, 2019, 04:26:45 PM

Hi Dragan,

Well, though it’s possible to store just some parameters (by editing the .fpe file) in a preset, importing these to a multiple FP objects would be better to perform by a script as the most of Forest’s properties are accessible by maxscript (you can get the list by showProperties($)).

Any of "mass editing tools" should help with this task and upon my quick test, for example, the Modifier Modifier Zorb (http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/modifier-modifier-zorb) script seems to do the job too.

Hope that helps.

Best regards,

Title: Re: Multiple FP - parameter change
Post by: Dragan on February 21, 2019, 06:24:09 PM

Thank you Michal,
I try Zorb Script but it freezes Max when FP is selected. I change a few parameters and then suddenly Max freeze (in fact whole Computer freezes).
3ds Max 2015.
Unfortunately, I`m not familiar with Scripting in Max so I guess I`ll have to start learning or find an alternative to Zorb Script.

Best Regards
Dragan