I am trying to generate XML job files from 3dsmax scenes. Unfortunately, any XML generated using 3dsmaxcmd ignores all render elements defined in the scene.
I have tried the following:
3dsmaxCmd.exe "c:\scene.max" -writeJobFile
3dsmaxCmd.exe "c:\scene.max" -submit
3dsmaxCmd.exe "c:\scene.max" -writeJobFile -output:"c:\someOutput.jpg"
3dsmaxCmd.exe "c:\scene.max" -writeJobFile -RenderElements:1
Does anyone know a way around this bug?
unfortunatly i think 3dsmaxcmd is and always has been limited…
in my experience the most reliable and full featured method of submitting to backburner is via the UI (ie. pressing render with the ‘Net Render’ box checked) – which is why i have automated it
I might be able to share the code if you like? it’s more complex that you might think…
if you intend to use the job file for something else, i’m afraid i’m of no help
Unfortunately that’s exactly it, I intend to pack the job for rendering on a farm on a remote site.
At worst case, I could always mine the scene data from maxscript and add it manually to the XML.
Yet another thing I have to do the hard way in 3dsmax.