Brodie Geers Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 At startup my command panel opens up but I always have to open the material editor and render setup panels separately. I've tried creating a maxstart.max file but that didn't change the issue. In a related issue where should I put my maxstart.max file for permanent use. I have it in my scenes folder now but whenever I create a new project folder it will create a new scenes folder which won't contain the maxstart file, right? Is there somewhere in the Programs folder on my hard drive I could put it where it will find it permanently? -Brodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeakybadger Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 (edited) rename this to .ms instead of .txt and put this in *maxdir*/scripts/startup this is for max 2012, so not sure if earlier versions will work. edit// works in 2011 too Edited July 22, 2011 by squeakybadger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Geers Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Thanks a ton! It does a bit of a weird thing though. When I open Max it opens the material panel, then opens the render panel, then the render panel closes down immediately (the material panel stays open). Any idea why that might be? -Brodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I don't think you need the second line.... I'm guessing that's what's opening render panel, try deleting that line from the script. (under the maxscript drop down, use the open script command to edit the text from your startup folder) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Geers Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Hrm...well that fixes the problem of having the render panel open and then close. Now it doesn't open at all on startup. However, I was looking for a solution that would open the render panel on startup (and keep it open ). I see why that script is opening the render panel but I can't see what would cause it to immediately shut back down. I tried swapping the two lines out of curiousity but nothing was affected. -Brodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereoscopic... Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 have you got a line for the Layers panel by any chance....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeakybadger Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 have you got a line for the Layers panel by any chance....? try adding this line macros.run "Layers" "LayerManager" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereoscopic... Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 try adding this line macros.run "Layers" "LayerManager" Brill..... thanks.... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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