classid for vray versions

[rdg]

Hi Vlado,

is it true that vray() is something like a shortcut to enable the installed vray renderer without knowing the full version string?

Or should I rely on classid?

thank you,

Georg

[studioDIM]

RendererClass.classes

This will return all the installed renderes in an array.
Search for the string "V_Ray" to know which number is the one assigned to vray.

Lele

[RErender]

renderers.current=vray()

Works well, if that's what you mean?

[Ryan_Chiong]

what does this script do?

[RErender]

Loads V-Ray as the current renderer

[rdg]

Thanks.

I knew this renderers.classes and vray().
I guess I was looking for known classids for different(older) vray versions.

Background:
My psd2mat script should be able to support other renderers, too.
Not every renderer offers such a nice shortcut like vray().
So I wanted to implement somekind of API that can switch and detect a renderer based on its classid - regardless which sub.sub.subversion it is installed. I don't want to have a id-then-elseif nightmare to catch all possible renderers.
As I was told the the classid stays the same for main branches.

In the meantime I changed my script and I don't need to know the renderer string at all.

Georg