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--- tools:multi-variables [2020/03/16 11:28] – created lightwolf
+++ tools:multi-variables [2020/03/25 15:36] (current) – lightwolf
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-====== Multi-Variables Node (in progress) ======
+====== Multi-Variables Node ======
+{{ :tools:pasted:20200316-121521.png}}
+This node allows you to add multiple outputs and controls of different types that can be used to control other nodes via their inputs.
+It is designed to be used as a "cockpit" for a node graph.
+If you add the node, no outputs and controls are present.
+===== Variables =====
+{{:tools:pasted:20200316-122422.png}}
+To add a variable, right click on the node ((This can be a bit tricky once outputs are on the node. Make sure not to click on an output, since that opens a separate menu.)) in the node graph and select a control to add.
+The following variables are available:
+^Name ^Control Type^Output Type^
+|Scalar|Float number + Envelope | Scalar|
+|Percentage|Percentage + Envelope | Scalar|
+|Distance|Distance + Envelope | Scalar|
+|Angle|Angle + Envelope | Scalar (angle in radians)|
+|Colour|Colour + Envelope | Colour|
+|Scalar Vector|Colour + Envelope | XYZ Vector|
+|Percentage Vector|Colour + Envelope | XYZ Vector|
+|Distance Vector|Colour + Envelope | XYZ Colour|
+|Angle Vector|Colour + Envelope | HPB Vector (radians)|
+|Integer|Integer + Slider | Integer|
+|Boolean|Checkbox | Integer (0 if off, 1 if on)|
+Adding a control will prompt for a name and then add the respective control and output to the node.
+<WRAP important>LightWave 3D will not update the visible node outputs not the controls in the node panel automatically.
+  * To update the node outputs, just click on the node graph one.
+  * To update the control in the panel, the panel needs to be closed and re-opened again.
+</WRAP>
+To edit the name of a variable, right click on the output on the node and select "Edit..." from the node menu. <WRAP center round info 60%>
+Please not that this currently renames the control and the output, but not the envelope (if applicable) until the next reload.
+</WRAP>
+To remove a variable completely, right click on the output on the node and select "Delete..." from the node menu.
+----
+[[https://www.patreon.com/dbw|{{  ::become_a_patron_button.png?nolink|}}]]
+This is the plugin of the month for March 2020, made possible by the finest patrons on [[https://www.patreon.com/dbw|Patreon]].