# RT 3.20.03 Settings Greyed Out

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/rt-3-20-03-settings-greyed-out/55109>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 31, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/rt-3-20-03-settings-greyed-out/55109 "2015-08-31T04:31:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jedchambers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jedchambers](https://forums.chaos.com/u/jedchambers)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/rt-3-20-03-settings-greyed-out/55109/1 "2015-08-31T04:31:27Z")

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Hey there,

Probably a simple fix, but can’t work it out.

When i use RT as the active shade renderer, and go into the settings under render dialogue, all of my settings are greyed out and arent accessible.

So as it is for example, i cant turn on proxy objects etc.

Thanks

jc

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**Author:** ![auke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@auke](https://forums.chaos.com/u/auke)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/rt-3-20-03-settings-greyed-out/55109/2 "2015-08-31T07:13:42Z")

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Maybe a stupid question, but was active shade running while you tried to change these settings? These settings are unavailable while it’s running. You’d need to close the active shade window, change the settings and turn it on again. Otherwise I have no idea what the problem is.

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**Author:** ![tashko.zashev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/tashko.zashev/32/275280_2.png) [@tashko.zashev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/tashko.zashev)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/rt-3-20-03-settings-greyed-out/55109/3 "2015-09-01T07:12:40Z")

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Yes, exactly. Some of the settings are only editable while the render is stopped.

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**Author:** ![jedchambers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jedchambers](https://forums.chaos.com/u/jedchambers)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/rt-3-20-03-settings-greyed-out/55109/4 "2015-09-01T23:53:28Z")

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thanks auke and tashko, spot on!! first time i’ve used RT!!