set Render Element Separator via mel

[CAPTURE_MM]

Hi,

I try to set the render element separator via a small mel script (in my case to "_"). Can you tell me the attribute or function I have to use?

I just got "vrayChangeRenderElementSeparator;" via "echo all commands"-function and don't know, how to use it.

Thanks!
Best regards,
Janosch

[ivan.ivanov]

Hi,
You can use this code to change render element separator from your MEL script:

string $separator = "_";
if (`objExists vraySettings`) {
setAttr "vraySettings.fileNameRenderElementSeparator" -type "string" $separator;
};

Only the first character from $separator string will be taken into account, also it must be valid filename character.

[CAPTURE_MM]

nice, thank you.

one thing left: now in the render settings the old separator is displayed. i only can check the "real" active separator via getAttr

how to avoid this?