This is Maya 7.0 specific.
DESCRIPTION
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In submit-maya6, when you specify "Renderer: mentalray", and
set the "Image Directory" to some path, it correctly writes the
images to that directory under Maya 6.x, but not in Maya 7.0.
"Render -r mr -rd /some/path/images ..
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Use mentalray for rendering
When used in this context, Maya 7.0 is apparently ignoring
the -rd setting.
I reported this as a bug to Alias, and they confirmed.
Alias also came back with a simple fix, a replacement .xml file
(see below link) which fixes the problem.
SOLUTION
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Alias said it was OK to pass this fix on to others using Maya 7.0,
so here's the fix:
1) Download the following mrRenderer.xml file by right clicking on the link
and choosing "Save Target As..":
<A HREF="http://seriss.com/rush/patches/102.42/mrRenderer.xml";>http://seriss.com/rush/patches/102.42/mrRenderer.xml</A>
Save this file in place of your existing Maya 7.0 "mrRenderer.xml" file.
Depending on your platform, the pathname will be:
LINUX: /usr/aw/maya7.0/bin/rendererDesc/mrRenderer.xml
OSX: /Applications/Alias/maya7.0/Maya.app/Contents/bin/rendererDesc/mrRenderer.xml
WIN: C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya7.0\bin\rendererDesc\mrRenderer.xml
I advise you first rename out the old file (eg. "mrRenderer.xml.orig")
before saving the new one.
2) Retry the render.
If it works, copy the change to your other machines
so that all will render correctly.
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