Dustin's UamVar Tutorial

Welcome! This tutorial will look at how to use UamVars, a (relatively) simple alternative to so much Python and SDL.

This assumes that you've had some experience with making Ages with 3dsmax. If not, you'll probably want to check out some of the other tutorials first: Creating Ages

Getting Setup

You should already have 3dsmax setup and Cyan's plugin setup with it. I'll assume you've got the output folder set to C:\PlasmaTest\, but if you don't, just use your path in place of what I use within this tutorial.

You'll also need the python files. Don't worry though, you don't need to edit them! This page has links to the downloads of the various versions. Grab the newest one and save it in C:\PlasmaTest\. Unzip it there, so that it creates a folder called "C:\PlasmaTest\python\" and places a bunch of .py files in it. Test if it worked as follows:

• Start 3dsmax
• Create a dummy
• Use the component manager to create a Logic->PythonFileMod and attach it to the dummy
• Use the component util and it should have a "Python" box for this component, and within it there should be a "Python File" drop-down box with a ton of Python files listed, including "UamVar_Button".