MDL question, controlling multiple choices

Czexana

mjc1016 said:

Open a text editor, copy the code Esemwy posted and save it as <something>.mdl into a folder mapped as an mdl directory.  Then drag and drop into Shader Mixer...

 

Sorry to bump this thread, but where do you map a folder as an MDL driectory? I'm trying to create a custom MDL brick, but can't figure out this step ...

Richard Haseltine

In the Shader Mixer pane's own menu bar, not the main DS menu bar, Edit>MDL Directory Manager...

Czexana

Richard Haseltine said:

In the Shader Mixer pane's own menu bar, not the main DS menu bar, Edit>MDL Directory Manager...

Thanks Richard, I'll try that later. Knew it would be something simple ...

Czexana

Czexana said:

Richard Haseltine said:

In the Shader Mixer pane's own menu bar, not the main DS menu bar, Edit>MDL Directory Manager...

Thanks Richard, I'll try that later. Knew it would be something simple ...

... but clearly still too difficult for me.

I've attached the MDL folders dialogue - I created a couple and put a copy of the .mdl in both just in case it had to be in the 'My Library' path too. But when I try to drag the file from a Windows file browser window it just shows a crossed out circle as the mouse cursor and doesn't let me. Any ideas?

Richard Haseltine

Is Windows perhaps protecting that folder as it would the C: drive version? Try using a location not in "Program Files", which should not be used for content.

Esemwy

Is Windows perhaps adding a hidden .TXT extension to your file?

Czexana

Okay, not sure what was causing the problem - when I got home it worked fine on another PC. May have been a syntax error in the MDL that I corrected ...

Is there a way to get selectors on the brick inputs (so you can set a constant input without feeding something in to the input) as the standard bricks have?