List of Macro Recorder Value Types
One of the following macro recorder type tags followed by the argument(s) indicated. Depending upon the case there may be one, two or three arguments as noted:
Basic C Types
mr_int - An integer. Follow the tag with the
int. Example code: 91462
mr_float - A floating point value. Follow the tag
with a double. Example code: 123.45
mr_string - A string. Follow the tab with the
string (TCHAR*). Example code:
"Benson"
mr_bool - A boolean. Follow the tag with a
int. Example code: true
MAX SDK Types
mr_point3 - A Point3. Follow the tag with a
Point3*. Example code: [10,0,0]
mr_color - A Color. Follow the tag with a
Color*. Example code: color 12 128 0
mr_angaxis - An AngAxis. Follow the tag with an
AngAxis*. Example code: angleAxis
45[1,0,0]
mr_quat - A Quaternion. Follow the tag with a
Quat*. Example code: quat 1 0 0 0
mr_time - A TimeValue, follow the tag with a
TimeValue. Example code: 22f
mr_reftarg - A Reference Target pointer. Follow the
tag with a ReferenceTarget*. Example code:
$foo or $baz.modifiers[2] or
$foo.material, etc.
mr_bitarray - A bit array. Follow the tag with a
pointer to a BitArray*. Example code: #{1..20,
30,34..100}
mr_pbbitmap - A parameter block2 bitmap object.
Follow the tag with a PBBitmap*. Example code:
bitMap 640 480 fileName:"fuz.bmp"
mr_matrix3 - A Matrix3. Follow the tag with a
Matrix3*. Example code: matrix3 [1,0,0] [0,1,0]
[0,0,1] [10,0,0]
mr_dimfloat - A floating point value with the
specified ParamDimension. Follow the
tag with: ParamDimension*, double.
Example code: 123.45 (scaled by the dimension).
mr_dimpoint3 - A Point3 value with the specified
ParamDimension. Follow the
tag with: ParamDimension*,Point3*.
Example code: [10,0,0] (scaled by the dimension)
mr_classid - A Class ID, follow the tag with a
Class_ID and a
SClass_ID. Example code: box (the class
variable name)
mr_create - A constructor call for the class.
Follow the tag with: Class_ID, SClass_ID, int,
<args>. The int parameter is the number
of keyword args following, these are specified in pairs as
TCHAR*, <arg>. Example code:
sphere radius:20 pos:[10,0,0]
mr_angle - A floating point value with a
ParamDimension of a
stdAngleDim. Follow the tag with a
double. Example code: 90
mr_percent - A floating point value with a
ParamDimension of
stdPercentDim. Follow the tag with a
double. Example code: 10
MAXScript Types
mr_sel - A selection set. This tag works alone with
no additional data. This tag denotes the current scene node
selection and will emit as either a '$' or an array of explicit
objects, depending on the state of the
EmitAbsoluteSceneNames() flag. Example code:
$ or $sphere01
mr_funcall - A function call. Follow the tag with
an int, int, <args>. The first int parameter is
the number of positional arguments, given first in the <args>
items, as <arg>, the second int parameter is the number of
keyword args following the positional args in <args>, given
as TCHAR*, <arg> pairs. Example code: foo x y z
output:f
mr_varname - A variable name. Follow the tag with a
string (TCHAR*). Example code: baz
mr_index - An index. Follow the tag with:
<op_arg>, <index_arg>.
<op_arg> is an <arg>
specifying the operand to be indexed and
<index_arg> is an <arg>
specifying the index value. Example code:
meditMaterials[3]
mr_prop - A property name. Follow the tag with
TCHAR*, <arg>. The TCHAR* is the
property name, the <arg> specifies the item
being accessed. Example code: $foo.pos
mr_nurbssel - A NURBS selection level. Follow the
tag with: int, ReferenceTarget*. The int
parameter is the selection level desired of the specified NURBS
base object. Example code: #{1..20, 50..100}. This is
an example of a BitArray literal in MAXScript, so it
says sub-objects 1 through 20 and 50 through 100 are currently
selected at the given level (the int) in the NURBS ReferenceTarget*
base object.
mr_name - A name. Follow the tag with a string
(TCHAR *). Example code: #relational.
Note: A name in MAXScript is a simple symbolic value, often used
instead of numbers to denote options in some function call. For
example, when setting the motion blur of a scene node, one can
say:
$foo.motionBlur = #image (or #none, or #object)
generated, perhaps by:
macroRecorder->SetSelProperty(_T("motionBlur"),
mr_name, blurname);
or when choosing g-buffer channels in the render() function, one would say:
bm = render camera:$c1 channels:#(#zdepth, #coverage,
#objectID)
