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rabban
03-01-2003, 11:05 PM
The question is "how to install the base shaders?"
the parti-volume,etc
Can anybody solve this newbie question?
stunndman
03-01-2003, 11:48 PM
read the manual - it's about setting an environment variable - it is documented in the mental-ray installation notes
rabban
03-02-2003, 12:51 AM
thanks alote stunndman, im looking it up right now, seems like I need to study some programing though.
stunndman
03-02-2003, 12:54 AM
no programming needed - it's a windows environment variable - you can set it with Start->Settings->System->Advanced->Environment Variables...
rabban
03-02-2003, 04:44 AM
thanks alote for your help it feels great find such a great online community.
rabban
03-02-2003, 06:18 AM
and then i type MAYA_MRFM_SHOW_CUSTOM_SHADERS
in the area marked path and 1 for it's value!?
Jozvex
03-02-2003, 06:23 AM
Not in the path section, click the 'new' button to create a new variable.
rabban
03-02-2003, 07:22 AM
oh yeah...done err...now I just tried a render view and the script editor says mental ray init failed info mayatomr aborted...
great...
Jozvex
03-02-2003, 09:00 AM
did you restart your computer first?

Because you need to restart windows for it to load the new variable!
rabban
03-02-2003, 11:43 PM
The render worked on a new scene so there must be something about the scene I was working on that mental ray did not like.
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