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Maxwell Render 2.5 User Manual
Chapter 16. Appendix III. Command Line Commands | 133
To launch Maxwell Render via the command line, type “maxwell” in a command line
window.
Maxwell commands should be listed as shown in the image below (Windows OS).
Running Flags Description
-curdir:path Set the current directory of the OS. This could be useful for
using relative paths for textures and other dependencies.
-display
-d
Open a window that displays the render in progress. This
option is also used when distributing render tasks (display
is on by default).
-help
--help
-h
--h
Help (print syntax).
-hide No display and No console view (process completely
hidden).
-nogui
-n
Console view on. Display off.
-node Launch Maxwell Render in no GUI node mode and using a
node license.
-nowait Close the rendering application after the render nishes
and returns control to the console.
-priority
-p
[low | normal | high]
Set the priority of the Maxwell process. It can be “low”,
“normal” or “high”.
-verbose
-v:
Verbosity level (0: no information given, 1: errors, 2:
warnings, 3: info, 4: all, debug: debug level).
Parameters Description
-alphaopaque:
[on | off]
Enable/disable the opaque mode in alpha channel.
-animation:
-a:
Specify a sequence of frames to render. This can be
provided in the form of individual frames separated by a
semicolon (3;5;7) or a range in the form A-B (from frame
A to frame B), or a combination of both.
-dependencies:path
-dep:path
-bitmaps:path *
-b:path *
Set an alternative folder path for the dependencies
location.
u Note: These commands are kept for ensuring
compatibility with older versions, but we advise the use
of “-dependencies” or “-dep” for refering to more generic
concepts.
-burn:value Set the burn value.
-camera:name Specify the name of the camera you want to render from
in case it does not match with the active camera in your
MXS scene le.