P3Dv4 Material Scripting

[arno]

I hope somebody else can help you, I'm not so familiar with using the scripts yet and how they work. I just know how they are stored in the MDL

 

[DaveWG]

I experimented with a couple of scripts on an aircraft mdl, which worked as expected, but that was done using Max and the SDK tools and not with MCX.

 

[fs1]

@arno, thanks.

@DaveWG thanks, I saw the pictures you posted in other sites. I am not familiar with MAX and the SDK tools. I am just looking at it to test some dynamic material changes via regular programming code.

Do you happen to have a working MDL you could share ? That would save me time in learning MAX/SDK which I really don't use much. Thanks.

 

[DaveWG]

I don't have a working mdl at the moment. The one I did have was just for experimental purposes and had since been deleted. I could make a simple one to send you, but it won't be until the weekend.

 

[fs1]

Thanks for the help.
Is the Mooney G1000 WindShield currently working for you? If I could make that work would be great.

 

[DaveWG]

Yes, that worked last time I tried it.

 

[fs1]

@DaveWG thanks. It does not work on the Mooney G1000 on my end, for some reason

 

[fs1]

@DaveWG if you happen to have a working MDL I would highly appreciated it. thanks so much!

 

[DaveWG]

Try this:
http://daveg.cbfsim.org/beta/TextureTest.zip
It's a basic cube set up to change it's texture when it's raining.
I've included the script which needs to go in your P3d/scripts folder.

 

[fs1]

Thanks @DaveWG ! I will try it.
Question: does this work with Scenery Objects as well? Or just SimObjects?
Thanks

 

[DaveWG]

That I don't know.

 

[fs1]

It works perfect with SimObjects.
Thanks so much @DaveWG !

 

[Lagaffe]

Hi,
I try this tip with thé Cessna 172 of FSX and i succed for the first try.
On my Cessna 152 which use more animations on the VC ... Not at all but glass texture use an alpha channel so it is possible what the two conditions are in opposition.

 

[RED COOL]

can someone plz post a screenshot on how to add LUA script to an MDL using MCX ?
i wanted to do that but i couldn't find it in the MCX UI !

 

[arno]

In the material editor there is a Scripts attribute where you can provide the name of the script.

 

[RED COOL]

oh great thnx i just found it

 

[RED COOL]

@Lagaffe @fs1 @DaveWG
sorry i tagged you all but i need your help here plz with LUA
link : https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/material-scripting.444329/
hope you help me and thnx in advance

@arno hey , is material scripting just for simobjects ? can't we assign it to scenery objects ?
thnx in advacne

 

[carlosgomez]

Hi. Someone knows if the material script is supported as a ground poly in GP wizard? The ContentErrors shows something weird. Its like the script lua language is not recognized.

Thanks.

 

[Pyscen]

Appears you have special characters within the script.. remove special characters. Though I'm not a specialist in scripts either, but I know that special characters can't be used.

 

[carlosgomez]

Thanks for the reply Pyscen. I actually kinf of took the script from the SDK examples. I am attaching it. I dont know if the P3D is expecting another language. This is lua but I dont know hoe the Ground Poly wizard is exporting the bgl.