
I have no info about how far the others are with their scripting, but I decided to open a small blog type of thread about how far I am with mine.
First of all - this small script of mine is not intended to be the "Next Big Exporter" for max users (there should be one more serious thing in the making now by VictorJapi (well..at least he sounds like he knows what he is doing


Anyway. Here is the list of the fiew features my script currently supports:
Supported in v.01 :
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* geometry export to xml format
* geometry export to 3ds format
* geometry export to obj format
* Mesh instancing
* Meshlights
* Camera export (Image aspect, F-Stop, Bloom, Autofocus)
* Physical Sky/Sun (using Direct Light)
* HDR Environment map (only EXR format at the moment)
* Bitmap textures (no procedural textures yet)
* Tone mapping
* Diffuse Material
* Phong Material
* Medium/SSS Material
* Null Material
* Emitter Material
* Blend Material (through Max Blend material)
* Multi-Material
* Animation support (experimental)
* Indigo Setup using *.ini file (no manual editing required)
Changes in v.01b :
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* added option for Custom Image name
* added option to save EXR image
* added possibility to open the rendering in Max Frame Buffer
* Geometry format selection gets saved
* HDR environment has now more reasonable gain value (should render out nicely with default settings)
* Max version checking when viewing environment EXR image. (EXR is not supported in Max 7 and down)
Changes in v.01c :
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* added - Alpha map to Diffuse Material
* added - Alpha map to Phong Material
* added - RGB Multiplier for Absorption (Medium/SSS material)
* added - RGB Multiplier for Scattering coef. (Medium/SSS material)
* added - Maximum Power value increased to 9999 (Emitter material)
* added - Basic support for Vray material (only color,reflection and glossiness for now)
* added - support for Vray Sun
* added - support for Max Daylight system
* added - support for Max Sunlight system
* added - Export Indigo Image (*.igi) (Export Scene rollout)
* added - Open igi in Tonemapper (Export Scene rollout) NB! IndigoToneMapper.exe must be in Indigo installation directory.
* added - Resume from igi (Export Scene rollout)
* added - automatic igi search
* added - "Fix mesh errors" option (Export Scene rollout)
* added - Utilities rollout
* added - Select Models Without Material (utilities rollout)
* added - Replace Spaces in material Names (utilities rollout)
* added - *.OBJ and *.3DS are exported into sub-folders with the scene name (/Exported_From_Max/3DS/scene_name)
* fixed - exported Bump values are smaller by one digit
* fixed - exported Glossy transparency values are smaller by one digit
* fixed - Models with same name are exported correctly
* fixed - Models with 0 faces are exported Ok
* fixed - typo in Exported_From_Max dir name (Fom changed to From)
Changes in v.02 :
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* added - Procedurals support
* added - Indigo Blend material type
* added - Indigo ImportMat material type
* added - Import/Export materials from/to Indigo material format (*.igm)
* added - Fog/Dust feature (Environment rollout)
* added - Polarisation on/off (Camera Rollout)
* added - Different rendering algorythms (Advanced Setup rollout)
* added - BiDir on/off (Advanced Setup rollout)
* added - Option for starting Indigo in lower priority mode (Advanced Setup rollout)
* added - Procedurals rendering resolution (Advanced Setup rollout)
* added - "Update image buffer" spinners enabled (Export Scene rollout)
* fixed - "Number Of Threads" maximum value raised to 100 (Export Scene rollout)
Get it from File Attachment !!
Basic video tutorial from Afecelis (thank you !!):
http://www.danielpatton.com/afecelis/In ... maxigo.zip (29 mb, wmv format)
[edit] I named my script to Maxigo. There are already Blendigo and Skindigo so i thought i keep the general naming "pattern". If you have a better idea, then let me know.
I've only tested the script on my own workstation so i'm not sure if it even runs on other Pc's. Let me know if it works or not !!
I'll keep adding to the list when i get more things done.
Take care ! (maxscript is fun)
Suvakas