MaxScript Overview

Note that MaxScript support is only available for 3ds Max 5.x and later. While V-Ray still exports all its parameters to MaxScript in 3ds Max 3.x and 3ds Max 4.x, there is no MaxScript access to the current renderer in those version.

In 3ds Max 5.x and higher, assuming that your current renderer is set to V-Ray, you can refer to it from MaxScript using the renderers structure:

vr=renderers.current

VRay_Adv_1_09_03g:VRay_Adv_1_09_03g

Renderer Properties

Assuming that the variable vr holds an instance of the V-Ray renderer, you can work with the renderer settings as with any other MaxScript object:

showproperties vr

.imageSampler_type : integer

.fixedRate_subdivs : integer

.fixedRate_rand : boolean

...............

...............

...............

.options_maxDepth : integer

.options_maps : boolean

.options_filterMaps : boolean

.output_on : boolean

.output_width : integer

.output_height : integer

.output_fileOnly : boolean

.output_saveFile : boolean

.output_fileName : string

.output_saveRawFile : boolean

.output_rawFileName : string

false

Accessing the parameters is fairly easy, for example:

vr.gi_on=true
true

Renderer Methods

You can also use the following methods for saving/loading irradiance and photon maps (assuming that vrholds an instance of V-Ray):

Global Functions

Additionally, the following MaxScript functions are globally available: