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Max material editor and Maxwell material editor
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:53 pm
by MetinSeven_com
Hi,
I've just started the Maxwell standalone material editor. Nice, but how do I use it to assign materials to my Max scenes? I want to be able to create a Maxwell render-ready scene in Max and skip the part of having to save a scene as an MXS file first, assigning materials to that file and effectively having to keep a scene twice: the .max file and a separate .mxs file with the right materials.
Cheers,
Metin
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:58 pm
by Frances
Hi Metin,
You can create a Maxwell MXM material in the slot and then select your mxm file.
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:10 pm
by jrandom
Speaking of the material editor has anyone else experienced max crashing when trying to maximize the material slot in maxs' material editor when selecting a maxwell material?
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:25 pm
by MetinSeven_com
Thanks for your tip Frances! I'm going to try that out right away.
Cheers,
metin
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:39 pm
by MetinSeven_com
Tried it, works really nice. I particularly like the material editor preview. Finally something different than the black slots.
I'm really happy to be able to skip Maxwell Studio and work directly from Max.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:20 am
by jrandom
Sorry I went off topic, should have started another thread:(
Since you were working in maxs' mat editor I was curious if you had ran into this problem.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:31 am
by NathanDan
It happens to me every time, ur not alone
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:23 am
by MetinSeven_com
jrandom wrote:Sorry I went off topic, should have started another thread:(
Since you were working in maxs' mat editor I was curious if you had ran into this problem.
No problem that you wrote it here. I didn't try to maximize a Max material slot yet, but I don't dare to anymore now.
Did you enter this at the bug report section? Seems like an important bug to me.
Cheers,
Metin
texturing
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:59 am
by tbny
how to do texturing in max since the material does not show up in the max window after assigning. Impossible to do mapping etc??
Anyone have a sollution?
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:17 pm
by MetinSeven_com
I did get the material in my material editor slot. Isn't the Update Material button useful there?
Cheers,
Metin
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:02 pm
by jrandom
Thanks for the reply:)
Come to think of it I believe the max mat editor uses the current renderer to render out the larger materail slot so I guess since maxwell doesn't actually render the materials in the mat editor it would cause it to crash???
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:16 pm
by MetinSeven_com
Could be, but that is still not correct of course, as there's always a chance that you accidentally double-click on a material slot.
Cheers,
M7
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:36 pm
by jrandom
agreed, i posted a bug report
thanks Metin
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:40 pm
by MetinSeven_com
Just thank yourself. You discovered it.
All the best,
M7
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:26 pm
by x_site
is it just me or we are better off using beta or RC with max?
The fact we can't get a proper preview in max is a killer! How are we suppose to use this plugin in such a long maner?