Ray3 render

[tangobull]

Hi....
I need some urgent help on firing ray3 renders.. When I output a mi2 file on my render option, it creates multiple files like flick.1.mi, flick2.mi,flick.3.mi... and so on. And when I give a ray3 command, it does not start the render...
What could be wrong???
Regards.

[richard-sher]

It is supposed to create multiple files.

Why it does not render? I have no idea. Perhaps you are not using the right switches? Try typing ray3 -h in a Softimage command prompt.

[theallusionist]

unless you have bought batch universal lics or extra standalone mental ray lics you can't use ray3 rendering

bummer huh?

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[srvargas]

I think you are very wrong. You can use MentalRay standalone without a problem. I know because I do use it. What you cannot do (I think) is debug MR shaders, but when it comes to rendering it's all good. (And by the way - if you cannot use it why do you think it is installed?)
As far as the render issue >>> First try rendering with a single MI2 file (frame) and look for any error messages that appear (if at all) : It will say something like "cannot find path specified, bla-bla"
Cheers

[theallusionist]

Yeah....my bad...its distributed rendering you can't do without batch universal....Do'h!

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[devdoka]

@@@I think you are very wrong. You can use MentalRay standalone without a problem. I know because I do use it. What you cannot do (I think) is debug MR shaders, but when it comes to rendering it's all good. (And by the way - if you cannot use it why do you think it is installed?)
As far as the render issue >>> First try rendering with a single MI2 file (frame) and look for any error messages that appear (if at all) : It will say something like "cannot find path specified, bla-bla"

As of XSI v2.0 you cannot render .mi2 files from the command line with ray3.exe unless you purchase standalone mental ray licenses or one of the additional batch rendering options. Neither XSI Essentials or XSI Advanced will allow ray3.exe to render .mi2 files from the command line because they do not come with the necessary license tokens. Any attempts will result in an error message like this:

C:SoftimageXSI_2.03> ray3.exe -verbose on test.mi2
MAIN .0 fatal: Sorry, no license available

If you can render .mi2 files, your workstation is borrowing the necessary license token from somewhere on your network, or you are using cracked software.

Matt

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Matt Lind
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