Change VRaylog file default location to default to Project Folder instead ?

V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max General
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VRayLog.txt is saved in %TEMP% folder, but I’d like to know how to change this so that it will always default to the Project Folder.

Is there a syntax for ‘current’ project folder ? (rather than everytime going into the Render Dialog Box and manually choosing the Project Folder) ?

Thanks.

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Maybe this short script would be useful:


logSavePath = pathConfig.getCurrentProjectFolder() + maxFileName + "_VRayLog.txt";
renderers.current.system_vrayLog_file = logSavePath;
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Thanks for this Miroslav,

Please can you tell me how to refine this script ?

currently it will make;

c:\project_foldermaxfile,

And I’d like it to make

c:\project_folder\maxfile

Many thanks.

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It’s okay, good ole Morne kindly helped me out;

logSavePath = pathConfig.getCurrentProjectFolder () + @“” + “VrayLog.txt”;
renderers.current.system_vrayLog_file = logSavePath;

Will do it :slight_smile:

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Nice. Thanks for sharing the amended script.

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I’ve just learned (thanks again Morne !) that when putting code online, if it isn’t placed within code tags, certain characters could be missing (there should be a \ between the double-quotes) - this is the correct code below;

 logSavePath = pathConfig.getCurrentProjectFolder () + @"\" + "VrayLog.txt";
renderers.current.system_vrayLog_file = logSavePath;
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Wondering if there’s anyone out there that can fix this for 2023, that code throws up errors, first with that @“” code, and further (I think it didn’t like system_vrayLog_file) if you take it out (not that I know what I’m doing…)

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Works fine on my end. What errors are you getting? Is V-Ray the active render engine?