Magmaflow wish

[Bobo]

@Chad

4, that would be cool, yes. But I wonder, if you undocked the Input Sockets from the left side and had that “node” just floating, we could connect up the defaults in the Blop itself.

That node is quite special (an internal node that is not creatable), I am not sure I want to make it floating. Then, it has no input sockets, it passes data from the input sockets of the BLOP. It would be very tricky to represent the defaults as part of the flow, since someone could wire a whole subflow into it, and that would be a mess… As soon as the BLOP allows default values, we will discuss how to expose these.

@Chad

For 3, I guess I was just thinking there would be a non-editable (from outside the Blop) text that would show the name/notes on the Blop. Maybe a help link if one was provided.

Makes sense, will take a look. I will probably expose the creator’s notes inside the BLOP editing mode, and the BLOP node’s notes will be free to be edited by the end user, with the internal creation notes also shown as non-editable at the top level.

@Chad

Speaking of help links, is there a way to have F1 send you to the Thinkbox documentation page? F1 in 3ds max is spotty at best, it works for Track View, but not Particle View, etc., so I don’t know how many people hit it looking for help, but I always try it to see if I get lucky. If it is possible, then maybe you could also check to see what operator the mouse is over and go to that exact part of the docs? And of course for Blops, if they provided their own URL, go there?

3ds Max 2013 added support for F1 when a rollout has focus. Not sure I could handle F1 well while in the Magma editor. But I can always add a HELP button in the BLOP’s UI and in the node’s menu and open the Web Browser if a Help URL is given.