max light plugin (derived of LightObject) not showing in light lister

[Anonymous]

(plugin or sdk forum, plugin forum seems for 'usage of plugins', sdk seems for developer of plugins etc?, so will post this in sdk...)

Hello, was wondering if anyone had any experence of implementing their own 3dstudio max lights, or knowledge of what makes them show up in the light lister.

have implemented a max9 plugin with my own light type derived from 'light object'. have it displaying, editable, rendering, animating and visible in track view, but not in the light lister.

using ParamBlockDesc2 P_AUTO_CONSTRUCT | P_AUTO_UI style implementation, so it is a bit of a stretch to compare it to the existing sample lights...

wondering if anyone had hints, will spend a bit more time implementing functions at random, and if that fails, will implement my own light lister.

thanks for your time.

David Coen.
Redtribe tool Programmer

[Anonymous]

You could check the source code to the light lister, I think it's a maxscript.

Yep, it sure is. You can find it by going to Customise UI -> Menu's, expand the Tools menu, find Light Lister, right click -> Edit Macroscript.