this script converts all scene VRay materials to max’s standard material.
it keeps diffuse color and diffuse map. right now it works with multi sub-object materials if you guys found it useful .

Script

for o in geometry do
(
if classof o.material == VRayMtl do
 (

  tt = Standardmaterial ()
  tt.diffusemap = o.material.texmap_diffuse
  
tt.diffuse = o.material.diffuse
  o.material = tt
 )
if classof o.material == Multimaterial then
 for m = 1 to o.material.numsubs do
 (
  if classof o.material [m] == VRayMtl do
  (

  tt = Standardmaterial ()
  tt.diffusemap = o.material[m].texmap_diffuse
  
tt.diffuse = o.material[m].diffuse
  o.material [m] = tt
  )
 )
 
)
actionMan.executeAction 0 “40807″

cedit :  Afshin Karimi

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/vray-material-to-standard-material

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