Rendering Problem -HELP!-

[gmask]

>>Everything I have read tells me to do it this way but nothing renders when I do. Please; WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?!?


What have you been reading? And what happens? Nothing? No errors?


If you haven't noticed there are quite a few possible parameters for rendering from the command line.

If you really want brain dead simplicity (no offense meant ) just right click on the scene file in explorer and choose render.

If you want to get extra fancy make a bat file.. a bat file which is short for batch is simple a text file with the suffix of bat. This will make it executable when you double click it. Make your bat file then right click and choose edit.

Type in the render command (assuming you have an environment variable setup pointing windows to your maya bin directory this will work) then give the fullpath to your scene file. Then add a new line with the word PAUSE. A fullpath on windows will look like so c:\\myprojects\scenes\myrender.mb

Then save and double click the file. After it is done rendering or giving errors the PAUSE command will keep the window open so you can see "wha happen!?".

If you are successful then procceed to the XDUGEF store and buy a shirt or some other XDUGEF emblazened dry good and know that is good and that XDUGEF has once again proved itself worthy in solving all computer graphic problems.


:beer:

[DeathBrain]

Originally posted by gmask

If you really want brain dead simplicity argghh...i am dead...:cry:....j/k :D

Yea...johnny...setting up environment path as gmask said, is really helpfull..:)
I created a new set of a path to my project (I called my_project) :
My_project=e:\aw\scenes

If i want to render my project then all i have to do is type :
render my_project\project1.mb

This environment path is really helpfull if your project default path looks like this :
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\maya\projects\default\scenes..bla..bla..bla

:)

[gmask]

>>>This environment path is really helpfull if your project default path looks like this :
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\maya\projects\default\scenes..bla..bla..bla


Yeah. I can't stand that.. I never put my projects where Bill wants me too.

Actually if Maya is installed correctly the renderer remembers where your last project directory was so you don't have to set a variable directly.

[DeathBrain]

Originally posted by gmask
I never put my projects where Bill wants me too.
LOL..:D

Yeah...everything goes to that folder as Bill's default, so i created a lots of new path and batch files for my apps :argh:
Btw back to Johnny's problem...is there any messages ? wrong path maybe ? ...it looks like wrong path or no render bin path :)

[gmask]

Originally posted by DeathBrain
Yeah...everything goes to that folder as Bill's default, so i created a lots of new path and batch files for my apps :argh:


At any given time there is no room on the boot drive and I have no less than 5-8 optional drives to write projects to. Bill apparently thinks most users only need one drive.

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