Translating multiple geometries to multiple primitives

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

I'm a modder since few years now and I'm so bored about the collision making process.

For each interior projects, I need to create hundreds of primitives boxes/cylinders, but adjusting the size and position of each of them is a real nightmare. I sometimes spend more like 6 hours to do that, and I'm 100% sure that game studio (who worked in 3ds as well) used a simple script to generate those models.

What I would like to do exactly is:
- Select some geometries (editable polys),
- Type the amount of total primitives or the details level,

- The possibility to choose between cylinders & boxes ( absolutely optionnal)

I'm very very new to MaxScript so I wanted to know if someone can explain me the rough process to do it.

PS: I'm working on 3ds Max 2016, and I'm French 🙂 

[istan]

I normally use PhysX for the creation of simplified convex hull objects for the collision check. Search for nvpx in the help.

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I sometimes spend more like 6 hours to do that, and I'm 100% sure that game studio (who worked in 3ds as well) used a simple script to generate those models.

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You are naive. Trust me ... big and famous companies outsource this to China. 😀 

[Anonymous]

Never mind I found the solution.
PS: I'm a french chinese

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

... but small companies that don't have enough money and human resources develop some tools. And these tools(scripts) are non-trivial and are usually designed and developed exactly according to the needs of the project.
If you can put together a more detailed "technical task", maybe someone can help you with the solution.

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Never mind I found the solution.
PS: I'm a french chinese

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See! It always works! 😂

[istan]

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@denisT.MaxDoctor wrote:

You are naive. Trust me ... big and famous companies outsource this to China. 😀 

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Or they use an automated workflow, if they don't like to find their data on public Chinese servers 😉