Maxscript set current renderer to VRay? or set defaults?

[Morne]

Hi all

I want to load DEFAULT vray settings with maxscript. I don't see a way to load defaults so I'm setting the current renderer to scanline to wipe any user settings and then I want to set it back to VRay
So with maxscript to switch to scanline is the easy part.
How can I switch the current renderer to VRay? (no matter what version the user has installed)

[Morne]

Nevermind
Thorsten has the answer:
http://forums.chaosgroup.com/showthr...196#post567196

[vlado]

For the current renderer, you can click on the "Save As Defaults" button in the 3ds Max "Assign renderer" section.

For the default settings of V-Ray, for the moment you can use a maxstart file. Future versions of V-Ray also allow you to save a V-Ray preset with the name "default", which will be loaded when a new scene is created.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Morne]

For the current renderer, you can click on the "Save As Defaults" button in the 3ds Max "Assign renderer" section.

For the default settings of V-Ray, for the moment you can use a maxstart file. Future versions of V-Ray also allow you to save a V-Ray preset with the name "default", which will be loaded when a new scene is created.

Best regards,
Vlado

I'm busy with a specific script that needs to overwrite anything the user has done. Without setting EACH thing, the quickest way seems to be to switch to scanline and back to VRay

[DanielBrew]

Actually you don't need to set the renderer to scanline first. Simply typing

renderers.current = vray()

will reset V-Ray to its default settings.

[Morne]

Actually you don't need to set the renderer to scanline first. Simply typing

renderers.current = vray()

will reset V-Ray to its default settings.

Sweet. Good stuff, thanks Dan!

[DanielBrew]

I don't know if this is of any use to you but like any constructor you can also set any of the parameters on creation. For example:

renderers.current = vray gi_on:true gi_secondary_type:3

will reset V-Ray but turn on GI and set the secondary bounces to light cache.