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-useAdvLight:<1/0> Toggles use advanced
lighting. “1”= On, “0”=O ff.
-computeAdvLight:<1/0> Toggles compute advanced
lighting. “1”= On, “0”=O ff.
-ditherPaletted:<1/0> Toggles Output Dithering
(paletted). “1 ”=O n, “0”=Off.
-ditherTru eColor:<1/0> Toggles Output Dithering
(true-color). “1”= On, “0”=Off.
-renderElements:<1/0> Toggles render elements
(true-color). “1”= On, “0”=Off.
Backburner Job Submission
These switches concern submitting a rendering job
fornetworkrendering. Forfurtherinformation,
see Network Rendering (page 3–173).Also,fora
different method of network rendering via the
command line, see Backburner Command Line
Control (page 3–215).
Switch Effect
-submit[:manager_
name] or
-s[:manager_name]
Submits the scene, <filename>
to a specific manag er system for
network rendering.
Note:
This is the only sw itch that requires
a colon separator.
-port:<integer>
Specifies a ma nager port number.
-netmask:<string> Lets you specify a network mask
other than 255.255.255.0.
-jobName:<string> Lets you specify a job name to
render.
-priority<integer>
Sets job priority.
-suspended:<1/0> Togg les initially suspended.
“1”=Yes, “0”=No.
-writeJobFile Writes all job settings to an XML file.
Thefileusesthesamenameasthe
MAX file, so, for example, test.max
produces test.xml.
-readJobFile:
<filename>
ReadsalljobsettingsfromanXML
file.
-waitLoad:<integer> Theamountoftimetowaitfor
3ds Max to load, in minutes.
Default=20.
Switch Effect
-waitRender:
<integer>
Theamountoftimetowaitfor
3ds Max to render, in minutes.
Default=600.
-waitUnload:
<integer>
Theamountoftimetowaitfor
3ds Max to unload, in minutes.
Default=10.
–platform:32 or 64 The platform (either 32– or 64–bit)
thatyourscenewillberendered
on. Use this switch when you want
to render your scene on a different
platform from t he platform where
you created your scen e.
Bitmap Parameters
Switch Effect
-BMP_T YPE: 2or8
Sets the type of BMP file being
rendered. “2”=paletted, “8”=true
24-bit.
-JPEG_QUALITY:1to
100
Sets the JPG quality value. Ranges
from 1 to 100.
-JPEG_SMOOTHING:
1 to 100
Sets the JPG smoothing value.
Ranges from 1 to 100.
-TARGA_
COLORDEPTH:16,
24 or 32
Sets the color depth for TGA files.
-TARGA_
COMPRESSED:<1/0>
Toggles TGA Compression. “1”=On,
“0”=Off.
-TARGA_
ALPHASPLIT:<1/0>
Toggles TGA Alpha Split. “1”=On,
“0”=Off.
-TARGA_
PREMULTALPHA:
<1/0>
Toggles TGA Pre-Multiplied Alpha.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-TIF_TYPE:<0/1/2/3/
4>
Sets the TIF type. “0”=mono,
“1”=color, “2”=log l, “3”=logluv,
“4”=16–bit color.
-TIF_ALPHA:<1 /0>
Toggles TI F file alpha. “ 1”= On,
“0”=Off.
-TIF_COMPRESSION:
<1/0>
Toggles TIF Compression. “1”=On,
“0”=Off.
-TIF_DPI:<number> Sets the d ots-per-i n ch value for TIF
files.