Render Queue

[MikeRhone]

Open up notepad and type:

render -s 1 -e 200 C:\SceneOne.mb
render -s 1 -e 200 C:\SceneTwo.mb
render -s 1 -e 200 C:\SceneThree.mb

This would render Scene one frames 1-200, then Scene two, frames 1 to 200, then Scene three 1-200.

And of course change the C:\SceneOne.mb to the path of the files you wish to render. Save this notepad file, and rename the file extension to .dat (IE Rename the file as Scenes.bat)

Double click on the bat file and it will start batch rendering those files in order.

If you get stuck or would like to know more options, open up a command prompt and type "render". That will give you a list of other options you can script into the batch file.

Good luck...!

Mike R

[danbran]

thanks a lot!

db

[danbran]

that worked out great.. One more thing.....how do you cancel a render through the command prompt?

db

[lostpencil]

Dunno if this would help with canceling a render, but you could give it a go:

maya -batch -command "CancelBatchRender"

(the other option is to kill the process through the task manager)

[Rot]

Download RenderPal: it's handy !

PS: I really enjoy Fishman ;)

Rot

[danbran]

Originally posted by lostpencil

(the other option is to kill the process through the task manager) [/B]

Ahhh...brute force! Thats more of my style! "Get a bigger hammer" is my motto....

db

[danbran]

Originally posted by Rot
Download RenderPal: it's handy !

PS: I really enjoy Fishman ;)

Rot


Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check that out. And I'm glad you liked Fishman! I'm rendering the next episode as we speak. Stay tuned....

db

[alexx]

there is a command available at microsoft i think called kill that you can download..
that enables you to kill tasks from command line..

but i guess sice you want to kill renderings from the prompt only pressing:
CTRL+C does the job much better :)

cheers

alexx

[Maya Ayanami]

does any of you know how to do network renders

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