max2map working properly

Thankfully this is working and I can create interiors in 3dsmax now. After doing some debug stepping through the plugin, I found the things to do.

First of all, you need to set some custom properties under File->properties. Click the custom tab and add these properties
Name Value Type
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wad wadname Text
geometry_scale 32 Text
lighting_scale 32 Text
ambient_color 0 0 0 Text
emergency_ambient_color 0 0 0 Text

wadname should not have leading path seperator \; I believe it doesn't matter at all unless you are going to use WC - map2dif gets raw textures.

Your material must be a standard material or multi subobject in max and it must have a bitmap type map. (Max bitmap that is; can be a .jpg, .png) The bitmap size must also be a power of 2.

There is a different object hierarchy setup for this vs exporting objects.

base01
+
start01
+
detail_1
+
meshsurface 1

A couple of things to note, in detail the _ is required or the exporter won't find it. For each detail_x node, a seperate .map file will be created. I'm totally new to mapping so any hints on why/what to do with multiple .maps are appreciated.

I exported to .map and ran map2dif to produce my .dif file and then coped the .map, .dif and texture.jpg into data\interiors\deaver. I am then able to add the interior via F11 editor. I was going to attach a screenshot but I realized nobody would be excited about the red box but me =)