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drewzer

01-22-2003, 07:33 PM

I'm following the rigging tutorial in max 5. Currently I'm doing the spine specifically writing the floation scripts. I can get the start angle to work just fine but when I get to the end angle I get this error message.

Type error: dependsOn needs a maxwrapper arg, got: undefined

Anyone have an idea how to fix this? I've gone back and checked my work up until this point twice and can't find the problem.

Thanks in advance

magicm

01-22-2003, 08:34 PM

Do a seach in the online reference of maxscript. You'll find that dependsOn needs a valid object as an argument.

So, if you want to make a scripted controller depend on (for example) Box01, you would say:

dependsOn $Box01

you can also use multiple objects, just seperate them with a space.

Make sure the objects you specify <u>exist in the current scene</u>!

Hope this helps.

drewzer

01-22-2003, 09:29 PM

Here's what I have in the script box. I might be missing that tag you mention at the end of your reply.

dependsOn $spineTopCTRL $spineCTRL;

top = degToRad $spineTopCRTL.rotation.z_rotation.controller.value;
bot = degToRad $spineBotCTRL.rotation.z_rotation.controller.value;

twist = top-bot

magicm

01-22-2003, 09:47 PM

Originally posted by drewzer
dependsOn $spineTopCTRL $spineCTRL;

top = degToRad $spineTopCRTL.rotation.z_rotation.controller.value;
bot = degToRad $spineBotCTRL.rotation.z_rotation.controller.value;

twist = top-bot

The first line refers to $spineCTRL which is not used in the script.. maybe you should change this to $spineBotCTRL ?

If this doesn't solve your problem, please attach (or email) your maxfile..

drewzer

01-22-2003, 09:52 PM

it won't let me attach the file here, I'd have to email it to you.

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