If you want to replace the entire sparks color palette with a custom palette, you can specify a custom MEL procedure name. Maya looks for the custom procedure by searching your user scripts directory for a MEL script with the same name.

Your procedure should include the following syntax:

global proc vector[] myFireworksColors( int $numColors )

In this syntax, the argument $numColors specifies the total number of colors requested. The return value should be an array of vectors with the new colors in it.
If you made individual color changes, you can return to the custom or default color palette by clicking Reset from colorProcedureName.

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Originally posted by Dann
Hey kBrown,

Thanks for the assist, but a wierd thing is happening. When I created a script with that text called myworks02.mel, I get an error message
// Error: Cannot find procedure "myworks02". //

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Originally posted by Dann
If I remove that text and go back to the simple command I had before that did nothing, it finds the script but of course doesn't work. I'm guessing it's a bogus error message meaning something else is wrong.

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Originally posted by Dann
As I try to dissect and understand your MEL, might there be an error in the "for" condition? Doesn't it set $i to 0 every time? should it for $i ==0?

Also, $i is defined as an integer, but with no value. Does that automatically make it's value 0?

Thanks again,
-dann

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// for( <iterator and initial value>, <test condition>, <what to do on every round )
   for(          $i = 0             , $i < $numColors ,  $i++                      )

Originally posted by kbrown
Just say "source myworks02.mel" in the command line. Or restart Maya. Otherwise Maya doesn't know a thing about your script.

One way would have been to copy-paste the script in to the script editor and execute it. This way the global procedure would have persisted in the memory until you quit Maya...

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