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Is the Octane Object properties accessible through maxscript?
I mean like turning movableproxy on and off, and changing the Object layer ID using maxscript.

I can use the "showproperties" function to expose the Octane render settings.
But i haven't found a way to expose the Octane object properties.

is this even possible?

Thanks
-Mats

Check for an object "movable proxy" in octane object properties , then open object properties, and you can see in user properties what it is writen.

Nice find.

But from what i can see this doesn't directly correlate to maxscript

like:

$.octane_movable_proxy = false --doesn't work.


So the alternative must then be to maxscript the "User defined properties"
https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2 ... 5BC0B9_htm

setUserProp <node> <key_string> <value>


But working with strings and text documents is a real pain.
And i dont think i have the skill to do that correctly.


-Mats

just type :
setUserProp $ "octane_movable_proxy" true

You are totally right!

It behaved differently then i expected.
It actual replaces the string that's already there!

I imagined it would just add a new string and a new one and a new one for each time i ran the code.
Flooding the properties.
And in that case i would have to write a more complex code to see if a value is already there then if it was replace serten strings with new ones and bla bla bla bla

But this is perfect!
Thanks so much.

PS: this one seems tricky

octane_light_mask = 999

Looks like each combination of lightlinking have its uniqe "Code/number"
atleast from what i can see.

Cheers
-Mats

yes, as there is 8 layer light plus sun and environnement, it make a lot of combinaisons...