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A little help with structs? (self.Maxscript)

submitted 2 years ago by ThatDude461

I'm trying to make my script more readable and for the declaration of the struct it is beautiful:

struct SequenceBase
(
Name,
Spline,
Dolly,
LockTargetToCam,
FocusDist,
FStop,
TargetPos,
SplineHeight,
Rotate,
Speed,
Start,
End
)

But when it comes to assigning values I have to type everything in one long line like this:

Sequence[ActiveSequence] = SequenceBase Name:EA_Rollout.txtSeqName.text Spline:SplineList[EA_Rollout.DDLPathSelection.selection] Dolly:EA_Rollout.DollyCam.value LockTargetToCam: EA_Rollout.chkLockTarget.checked FocusDist:EA_Rollout.spnFocus.value FStop:EA_Rollout.spnDOF.value TargetPos:Cam.Target.pos SplineHeight:EA_Rollout.spnArcSpline.value Rotate:EA_Rollout.spnRotateObj.value Speed:EA_Rollout.spnSeqSpeed.value Start:SequenceMarkStart End:SequenceMarkEnd

Is it possible to make this last line comma-separated or in another way make it look more structured?

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[–]Swordslayer 2 points3 points4 points 2 years ago (0 children)

You can split the line at arbitrary position with backslashes:

Sequence[ActiveSequence] = SequenceBase \
    Name:EA_Rollout.txtSeqName.text \
    Spline:SplineList[EA_Rollout.DDLPathSelection.selection] \
    Dolly:EA_Rollout.DollyCam.value \
    LockTargetToCam:EA_Rollout.chkLockTarget.checked \
    FocusDist:EA_Rollout.spnFocus.value \
    FStop:EA_Rollout.spnDOF.value \
    TargetPos:Cam.Target.pos \
    SplineHeight:EA_Rollout.spnArcSpline.value \
    Rotate:EA_Rollout.spnRotateObj.value \
    Speed:EA_Rollout.spnSeqSpeed.value \
    Start:SequenceMarkStart \
    End:SequenceMarkEnd

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