rootScene System Global Variable

The rootScene is a system global variable that represents the Scene Root. It is available in 3ds Max 2011 and higher.

Its subAnims can be used to access various elements of the scene hierarchy including:

The rootScene is used by the Macro Recorder to emit script code relative to the scene root.

Below are some examples of accessing the rootScene and its subAnims:

EXAMPLES

``` rootScene -->$

getsubanimnames rootScene -->#(#Sound, #Video_Post, #Global_Tracks, #biped, #Anim_Layer_Control_Manager, #SME, #Environment, #Render_Effects, #Render_Elements, #renderer, #Global_Shadow_Parameters, -->#Scene_Materials, #Medit_Materials, #world)

w=rootscene[#world] -->SubAnim:World

w.object -->$

classof rootScene -->Scene

weaponDataCA = attributes weaponData ( parameters main rollout:params ( hitPoints type:#float ui:hits default:10 cost type:#float ui:cost default:100 sound type:#string ) rollout params "Weapon Parameters" ( spinner hits "Hit Points" type:#float spinner cost "Cost" type:#float dropdownlist sound_dd "Sound" items:#("boom", "sparkle", "zap", "fizzle") on sound_dd selected i do sound = sound_dd.items[i] ) ) CustAttributes.add rootnode weaponDataCA CustAttributes.add rootscene weaponDataCA createdialog rootnode.weapondata.params --Playing with parameters generates clean macro recorder output

--Close dialog before running next line:

createdialog rootscene.weapondata.params --Playing with parameters generates clean macro recorder output

```