V-Ray Standalone vrscene render using .bat file, or something similar?

[ecarlsen]

Hi all, is there a way to use .bat files or something similar with V-Ray standalone? Currently I've got a file called "mayarender.bat" that I created in Notepad, and when it comes time to do a bunch of renders I'll simply tweak the text in the file (lines generally look like "render -r vray -s 193 -e 320 -b 1 [filepath]"), then all I have to do is hit the Windows key, type "mayarender", hit enter, and I'm off to the races. I like being able to tweak and run a list of multiple renders all at once and edit/save it within a single separate file.

Is there a way to do this with V-Ray standalone that's just as simple, where all I have to do is tweak a simple .bat file then call/open it?

Also do vrscene files render faster than Maya ASCII (.ma) files? Initial tests I've done seem to point to that, but I'm not certain.

[yolov]

It would be pretty much the same. Instead of doing 'render -r vray' you would do 'vray.exe -scenefile=<scene.vrscene>' etc. in a .bat file.
Vrscene files will be quicker, yes, as they have already been exported from Maya, but you'll have to have had waited for the export in advance.
Maya scene will do the translate/export to V-Ray phases while being run, but you won't have to do anything in advance, so it's a bit of a thing of preference.

Let me know if you need more help with setting up the .bat for vray standalone.

[ecarlsen]

Thanks Alex! I'll give this a shot.