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Each line in the RAYHOSTS file contains the name of a host system. The host
name can be followed by a semicolon and a port number of the service to
connect to. The host name with or without the port number can also be
followed by white space and a list of mental ray command-line parameters.
See the manual, Rendering with mental ray, for descriptions of the mental ray
command-line options.
When you click Add on the Distributed Bucket Rendering rollout and use the
Add/Edit DBR Hosts dialog on page 6140 to add a host or satellite processor,
this updates the RAYHOSTS file. So does clicking Remove to remove a
processor.
The RAYHOSTS file is named max.rayhosts. By default, it is located in the
\mentalray directory inside the program folder. You can change the default
location by creating an environment variable named MAX<X>_MI_ROOT,
where <X> is the 3ds Max version number, and setting the variable's value to
the path of the max.rayhosts file you want to use.
Real Time
By default, viewport animations play in real time, skipping frames where
necessary.
You can turn this off by clicking Time Configuration in the time controls,
and then turning off Real Time in the Playback group box of the
Time
Configuration dialog
on page 7359 .
When Real Time is turned off, all frames are displayed during playback. The
playback may appear slow, but you'll know that you're seeing every frame.
You can also speed viewport animation by minimizing your viewports to
quarter size.
Red, Green, Blue / Hue, Saturation,Value
There are two sets of color sliders in the
Color Selector on page 331 : the
red/green/blue (RGB) set and the hue/saturation/value (HSV) set. You can use
either set or both to mix a particular color. As you adjust the color sliders,
their RGB and HSV numeric values appear in the spinners.
There are separate RGB and HSV spinners as
light parameters on page 4890 .
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