effects animation

Noticing that there is no such thing out there already, I made a dark UI scheme for Thinking Particles – much easier on the eyes and fits a dark Max theme too.

Looks like this:

To install it, open your

C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Local Settings\Application Data\Autodesk\3dsmax\<MAX VERSION>\enu\plugcfg\thinking.ini

Backup it first, for example save it as thinking.ini.bak. Then paste the following block in the [SchematicViewColors] section (the first one), overwriting the existing one:

In=177 186 231
Out=105 245 174
BG=34 34 34
Operator=100 80 64
Wire=183 183 183
DynamicSet=43 53 100
Body=198 198 198
Out_Dis=44 118 81
In_High=67 71 93
Generator=100 59 59
Out_High=27 45 36
Invalid=185 187 0
Need=17 17 17
Initiator=100 33 33
Shape=100 89 58
Condition=100 81 15
Group=40 77 100
Helper=57 100 40
In_Dis=72 81 125
Title_Sel=44 44 44
Grid=39 39 39
Text=238 238 238
Frame=100 100 100
Shadow=9 9 9
Draw_Shadow=1
Need_Dis=68 69 21
Debug=43 43 84
Text_Antial=1
Draw_Antial=1
Draw_Bendedwire=1
Dis_Trans=118
Shadow_Trans=78

You can revert to the old colors by restoring from your backup file.

Enjoy!