'Randomizable' option for controls

I often find myself wanting to 'hard-wire' certain sliders to be non-randomizable...

yeah, so you could also randomize lighting and not the controls....

Yes, locking filter controls in the main UI has already been requested, but I'd like to have the option of locking sliders 'by default' via the filter editor (as shown above).

There are often cases when sliders are not really meant for randomization. I often build a 'Global Detail' slider into my high detail textures for example. Having it randomized influences preview behaviour in an undesirable way.

Another case would be checkboxes that put filters into 'special' modes. Take 'Cast Shadows' for my 'Aqua Buttons Galore' as an example. Locking 'Cast Shadows' from randomization would greatly enhance the performance of the filter while browsing 'variations', as turning it off results in much faster previews. Having to turn it off manually after hitting 'next variation' every now and then is slightly annyoing. Hence my request. It's a usability feature from authors for users...

Speaking of randomizations and controls i still think it would be great to have 2 mini boxes by the side R and I for randomize and invert, i for one find randomizing helpful when making textures as it helps provide great starting points to edit.

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Bongo51 wrote: Kia's power tools

Kai's Power Tools are awesome!! There are some great blend modes in KPT2 that got lost along the way to KPT3