hi
need a script to render frames step by step manually, i found this http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/steprender but links doesnt work
why?
i have large amount (300-400k) particles (pflow setup) with highpoly “shape instance”s
my only option looks like render with mentalray (with “use placeholder objects” and “mesh per particle” options its render blazing fast and without memory consumption)
but mental ray didnt render animated particles properly via “active time segment” or “range” methods (when “mesh per particle” option checked in pflow)
it looks correct only when render frames manually… (eg. goto x frame, then hit render…)
therefore i need a script to render my timeline, frame by frame manually
regards
Here is what I’ve got so far it needs some help from the experts though as it keeps saving over the same file name and my brain is melting
renderSceneDialog.close() --the renderer needs to be closed
renderers.current = mental_ray_renderer() --sets the render to mental ray
for i = 0 to 10 do
(
sliderTime = (currentTime + i)
outputfilename = uniquename "test" --Change to suit your self
outPath = getFilenamePath "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Bite Me\\My Documents\\3dMax12\\renderoutput\\" --Change to suit your directory but keep the double backslashes
render outputFile:(outPath + outputfilename + ".png") camera:$Camera001 outputSize:[320, 240] vfb:off
)
ok this works. yay
renderFrames=#{1..11}-- specify frames to render YOU NEED TO CAHNGE THE LAST NUMBER TO SUIT.
b=bitmap 480 270 filename:"C:\\Documents and Settings\\Bite Me\\My Documents\\3dMax12\\renderoutput\ est.png"--create a new bitmap -- You'll need to change the 480 and 270 to suit your render size
for i= 1 to renderFrames.count do--loop though renderFrames
(
if renderFrames[i] then--if supposed to render frame...
(
at time i --set time context
render 480 270 camera:$camera001 to:b vfb:off -- render to bitmap frame -- You'll need to change the 480 and 270 to suit your render size. If you want to watch it render you can change vfb:off to vfb:on
save b frame:i -- save each frame as you advance
)-- if you save AFTER the loop,
-- just the last frame is saved.
)
close b-- close the output file - this will also get rid of
--the reference to the bitmap value and free its memory.
thanks pal… looks like its work!