I've almost completed a scripted plugin, but Max's default render does not update the scene between frames as I need it to. I've been able to solve this by writing my own function to render animations, and would like to be able to drop it in place of the standard sequence.
dialogMonitorOps.unregisterNotification id:#test
dialogMonitorOps.enabled = false
fn customRender = (
local hwnd = dialogMonitorOps.getWindowHandle()
local hwndText = uiAccessor.getWindowText hwnd
if classOf hwndText == string do (
local substr = substring hwndText 1 9
if substr == "Rendering" do (
-- Cancel standard render
uiAccessor.pressButtonByName hwnd "Cancel"
-- Substitute scripted render
render() -- PLACEHOLDER
)
)
true
)
dialogMonitorOps.enabled = true
dialogMonitorOps.interactive = false
dialogMonitorOps.registerNotification customRender id:#test
I get the following:
-- Error occurred in customRender(); filename: C:\Users\Kevin\Documents\3dsMax\scripts\customRend er.ms; position: 462; line: 16
-- Frame:
-- hwndText: "Rendering"
-- substr: "Rendering"
-- hwnd: 5444878P
To save the trouble of counting, that's the line which in this case simply says render()
Obviously that works when run outside the function, and Max doesn't seem to want to tell me what the error actually IS. Any tips on getting this working?
