script question

[thelonious]

Hi,

If I want to make a script that has notes, do I have to learn the scripting language or is there an easy way to do this?

[banez]

Real simple ill show you a short cut since your new.
lets say your making a head and you want to add Notes on each part ok when your making the head and if you want to add to Note there hit your TAB key twice while your making it this will put this in the zscript.txt note pad
[IUnPress,PREFERENCES:INTERFACE:FLOAT MENU]
[IPress,PREFERENCES:INTERFACE:FLOAT MENU]
this will mark were each part in the zscript you want to add a note kind of like Marking the spot or area of the zscript you want to mark/and add the Note.

ok when your done go open up the note pad and look for every of these
[IUnPress,PREFERENCES:INTERFACE:FLOAT MENU]
[IPress,PREFERENCES:INTERFACE:FLOAT MENU]
then DELETE IT and replace it with this
[Note,"YOUR MESSAGE NOTE HERE...",]
make sure if you use the note code at the very end you need to add a extra Brack one of these ] like this
[Note,"YOUR MESSAGE NOTE HERE...",]]
any thing else just add 1 bracket ]
when adding notes there is no scripting language needed just a little practice

[[EA]Krippler]

great EZ, i was wondering how you guys did this. i like these kinda tut's. thanx again

[Zoid]

Hi Thelonious,

I enjoy making notated scripts, it's almost like a new form of communication, and it's also easier than you might think. EZ is obviously a master scripter and he has expert advice. Aurick and Davey have also posted the definitive info on scripting which is in the quicklinks. To get you started though, here is a little diagram,
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1021605509sfv.jpg
The lines highlighted in red were inserted by me which then appear as notes in the script playback. If you want a pointer to show a panel or tool that you're talking about then you must add the information after the quotation mark as shown in the highlighted oval. For example- ,Tool:Sphere3D] will create a pointer for the sphere. The comma is important, the colon is important, and spelling is very important. As you scan your script for note insertion points, you can use the information already there to help you create the pointers accurately. One more thing, SimpleText won't cut it for editing a script. You need something more powerful, I use BBEdit. If you need any help, post your script or send it to me, I'd be happy to check it out.

[[EA]Krippler]

right on, i just made my own little tutorial zscript with text. i like that. no im not posting it because it was about 20 seconds showing you how to draw a sphere lol.
great point Zoid, ill be sure to use that as well

[banez]

GO Here ::NoteTut.txt (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_file-1021611950xji.txt)
it has NO pointers ,2 pointers, 1 pointer,message box.
i added a little Extra LOL :D

[[EA]Krippler]

thanx buddy, it doesnt get any easier than that. *smiles*

*edit* nice ending hehe

[thelonious]

Thanks muchly

EZ and Zoid,

Sorry it's taken so long to acknowledge, my server crashed then I crashed.

Seems pretty straight forward. Apart from the bit about the spelling.