Material Switcher - Request

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Material Switcher - Request

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I need a node that is able to switch Material outputs into one Material Chunk for Material Instances in a scene.

Why? So when it comes to rendering passes, all I need to do is switch a particular node and all the textures update to say a Depth Pass after a beauty pass/AO pass/reflective pass/highlight pass.

Here is an example of what is needed.
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In essence I need a node that with a switch where I can choose what pass/shader I want to render and override the shaders for the current or all material chunks accordingly.
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Re: Material Switcher - Request

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You mean Disconnect/Connect an Output to an Input?
Try the jScript Macro Recorder with Nothing selected at first.
Note: Always Disconnect first as you can end up with mutiple connections on the same attribute.
You can have several Outputs but only One Input

Here is an example scene. Look at the commands in the buttons. Note that I recorded two Disconnects on both buttons.
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Re: Material Switcher - Request

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Thanks! I had a fiddle and figured it out! Now I can make a switch to trigger one script that disconnects/reconnects then toggles the reverse disconnect/reconnect.

This is the first connect code.

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function Execute(params)

	Node.Disconnect(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material, Nails", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/nails", "Mat Item 0")
	Node.ConnectTo(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/nails", "Mat Item 0")
Then I have another script with the following script.

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	Node.Disconnect(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/nails", "Mat Item 0")
	Node.ConnectTo(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material, Nails", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/nails", "Mat Item 0")
Perfect. And you also helped me out learn how to make a button that runs a script. Awesome. =)
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Re: Material Switcher - Request

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Another example.

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Node.Disconnect(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material, arms", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Arms", "Mat Item 0")
Node.Disconnect(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material, Head", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Head", "Mat Item 0")
Node.Disconnect(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material, Body", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Body", "Mat Item 0")
Node.ConnectTo(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/MappedHalfLambert", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Arms", "Mat Item 0")
Node.ConnectTo(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/MappedHalfLambert", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Head", "Mat Item 0")
Node.ConnectTo(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/MappedHalfLambert", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Body", "Mat Item 0")

Node.Disconnect(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/MappedHalfLambert", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Arms", "Mat Item 0")
Node.Disconnect(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/MappedHalfLambert", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Head", "Mat Item 0")
Node.Disconnect(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/MappedHalfLambert", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Body", "Mat Item 0")
Node.ConnectTo(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material, arms", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Arms", "Mat Item 0")
Node.ConnectTo(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material, Head", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Head", "Mat Item 0")
Node.ConnectTo(Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/D3D material, Body", "Material", Space.CurrentScene() + "/Materials/Body", "Mat Item 0")

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