Wishlist for callbacks: Please list yours

[Light]

Hey Chris (what's up?),

Can I ask for a callback which returns true when say the user is double clicked in the viewport? If so, I will have to make a small list of callbacks which would be really useful.




Thanks man,
Light

[Wahooney]

I think that callbacks for subobject operations would be nice, like:
when a sub object is selected (return bitarray of selection)
when a sub object is moved (no return)

and things along a similar vein.

[f97ao]

Much more events about ANIMATIONS.
When a key has been
- moved
- deleted
- added.

MOUSE
- right click from mouse
- middle click from mouse
- mouse scroll
- button4 and button5 clicked
- mouse moved (it would be nice if it could also return the direction the mouse has been moved in).

As many events as possible about things happening on EDITABLE_POLY Object.

- extrude started/stopped
- bridge started/stopped
- chamfer started/stopped
- more like the above
- subobject level changed

/Andreas

[AlpineMan]

Hey Chris (what's up?),

Can I ask for a callback which returns true when say the user is double clicked in the viewport? If so, I will have to make a small list of callbacks which would be really useful.
Thanks man,
Light

Well write up your list and post them here.

[AlpineMan]

I think that callbacks for subobject operations would be nice, like:
when a sub object is selected (return bitarray of selection)
when a sub object is moved (no return)
and things along a similar vein.

Are you aware that a change handler will recognize sub-object selection changes, and transforms? For instance:

function OnSelectionChanged =
(
print "in OnSelectionChanged"
format "\tSub-Object-Level: % \n" subobjectLevel
)
function OnGeometryAltered =
(
print "in OnGeometryAltered"
)

when select objects changes obj do
(
print obj
OnSelectionChanged()
)
when geometry objects changes obj do
(
OnGeometryAltered()
)


Take an editable poly, select some faces and starting moving them around and you will see it.

However, I agree with you, that for consistency, perhaps there could be a callback to handle these situations.

[Light]

I think callbacks for mouse clicks and key presses would be very useful, like: when the user double clicks, right clicks, presses C, etc. A callback that would return the SO the mouse is over (or closest for edges/verts), and the SO (left/right/middle) mouse button clicked on would be great too. Also a callback returning the SOs being moved by a relative and absolute coordinates.

I can think of some more later.




Thanks,
Light

[f97ao]

Are you aware that a change handler will recognize sub-object selection changes, and transforms? For instance:

However, I agree with you, that for consistency, perhaps there could be a callback to handle these situations.

Yes, i know about that. :) But the change handler isn't that much fun to work with. It's also a broad callback for lots and lots of things.
/A

[erilaz]

A series of callbacks for use DURING rendering would be great. Right now it's impossible to do update a scene per frame while rendering unless you do a messy workaround. I know that's more to do with how max caches before render, but it would be nice. :)

[erilaz]

A callback that registers when you're typing in the maxscript window would also be wonderful! :)

[AlpineMan]

A series of callbacks for use DURING rendering would be great. Right now it's impossible to do update a scene per frame while rendering unless you do a messy workaround. I know that's more to do with how max caches before render, but it would be nice. :)

Wouldn't that entail regenerating the entire scene if you handled that callback notification?

Any more besides changes per frame?

[j-man]

Is it possible to have a callback when max crash's? or would that be when max closes. I know it sounds silly but might come in handy for saving variables / settings etc.

J.

[Light]

Hey Joshua,

Very nice stuff you have in your portfolio. Now tell me where did you get those photos?;)




Light

[j-man]

Thanks Light! :D

J.

[Wahooney]

An update to the registerRedrawViewsCallback() function that allows you to discern between each viewport being redrawn, which will allow you to draw different shapes, labels, etc. in each viewport.

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