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Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:34 am
by msoon2k
Hi guys,
Anyone know where I can find the Sim Ball scene to download for my render previews? Thanks in advance!
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:46 am
by seghier
you don't need download it
in file menu go to library than scenes ; and you find simball
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:19 pm
by msoon2k
Hi Seghier,
Thanks. But how do I load that scene into preview?
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:28 pm
by seghier
this scene to test your material
what you want do with it ?
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:32 pm
by msoon2k
I've got a material that I'm working on and the current previews are hard to see, what's actually going on.
Wanted to load into the Mat preview window, the Simball so I could get a different lighting perspective.
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:35 pm
by seghier
are you tried import mxm into scene ?
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:39 pm
by msoon2k
Yep I have. But it loads in the main scene window, not the material preview window.
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:45 pm
by seghier
i don't think you can use simball like what you did
you must open the simball scene than import your material and apply it to the test object and you can test different light
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:22 pm
by Half Life
Any Maxwell Scene can be used in MXED -- you need to drop the MXS file into the preview folder (where Maxwell is installed). On my system that is here:
C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 3\preview
Although you might want to open the MXS file first and optimize it for preview rendering.
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:37 pm
by seghier
he want : the Simball so I could get a different lighting perspective.
in material preview he can not test different lighting
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:43 pm
by msoon2k
That's what I thought Half Life. But when I drop it into my preview folder, all the texture paths are gone. It's a pain in the butt trying to get it all linked up again.
Half Life wrote:Any Maxwell Scene can be used in MXED -- you need to drop the MXS file into the preview folder (where Maxwell is installed). On my system that is here:
C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 3\preview
Although you might want to open the MXS file first and optimize it for preview rendering.
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:47 pm
by Half Life
Just take everything you find in this folder:
C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 3\library\scenes
Copy it all to this folder:
C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 3\preview
I use the simball along with many other custom material preview scenes all the time.
Re: Simball Scene
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:49 pm
by msoon2k
Half Life wrote:Just take everything you find in this folder:
C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 3\library\scenes
Copy it all to this folder:
C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 3\preview
I use the simball along with many other custom material preview scenes all the time.
That's a good tip. I'll give it a shot! Thanks.