Python Files

[diafero]

Sounds like a good plan to me, Dustin. Just give the files a common prefix.
I'd be glad to help out, but without 3ds Max, that's not going to work, I guess

[D'Lanor]

Returning to the subject of custom Python files, do we need to set a standard for the id numbering? I don't suppose many of us will load a lot of python files for fan ages of others in Max, but those who do could run into trouble.

What is the id number range that the plugin accepts? Could we use our sequence prefixes as ids? And does it accept decimals? Then we could use decimal numbering if the age has multiple Python files. For example:

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self.id = 10496.11

This would be the 11th Python file for my age which has sequence prefix 10496.

[andylegate]

In my Ages like Camp Bravo and Andy's Nexus, I used large numbers as the ID's. I used the Age's sequence number (IE Camp Bravo 5200) and then added a 3 digit serial number to it:

5200001

And they all seemed to work fine. I don't know about decimals however.

[Aloys]

I'm all for standard ID systems to avoid conflict; and using the Age's Sequence Prefix as a base sound lile a simple and robust system.

[ddb174]

Yeah, that way we don't need a second registry of numbers!

[D'Lanor]

In my Ages like Camp Bravo and Andy's Nexus, I used large numbers as the ID's. I used the Age's sequence number (IE Camp Bravo 5200) and then added a 3 digit serial number to it:

5200001

And they all seemed to work fine. I don't know about decimals however.

I hope decimals work. That would make the system full proof. If people in the lower sequence prefix range add digits to the end there is still a chance for conflicts.

[Jojon]

I figured the same and was about to post to that effect, but realised that as long as EVERY python file uses the exact same system and the suffix is ALWAYS the same, fixed, number of digits, zero-padded, we shouldn't be able to mix up say, 520-001 and 5200-001 -- thinking of them more as strings, which can be truncated, than integers. :7
That may be hoping for a little bit too much, though... :)