[Hervé]

well, I am with LW (just so U know...)

anyway I want to start using the command line and providing a valid mxs file to render...

well , when I click on mxcl.exe, I have a window poping up... then if I try typing any key, that window disappear.... !!!!! wtf...

Please help me...

[spekoun]

Just make yourself a .bat file...

Look here: http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... highlight=

Hope it helps...

[Mihai]

Start>Run, type "cmd" and a command prompt opens up. Here you can type mxcl -d -mxs:c:\crap\myscene.mxs -res:800x600 -t:450......and so on. You can use all the commands listed in the docs.

[juan]

Hello Hervé,

mxcl.exe is not launched when you click in its icon. You should open a command line (or a terminal in osX). To launch a command line in windows just do: Start->Programs->Accessories->Command Promt
In osX just double click in the terminal icon in the app file.
You will see that command line terminal is opened. Let's say you have an mxs file named "herve.mxs" placed in C:\
To render this mxs file from the command line you just need to write

mxcl -mxs:C:\herve.mxs -o:C:\herve.jpg -d

In the -mxs: parameter you should write the path where the mxs is located. In the -o: parameter you set the render output (location and format). With the -d parameter you force maxwell to show the maxwell clasical screen. There are a lot of useful parameters you can write here. For example -bitmaps:0 forces maxwell to ignore all the bitmaps of the scene or -bitmaps:C:\mybitmaps set a default folder for bitmaps. You can find the meaning of each parameter in the docs in the maxwell installation folder.
Regards,

Juan

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[Hervé]

Thanks Spekoun, but forget my ignorance when it comes to PC's... where do I enter that line....

anyway, is it a bug that we cannot type anything in the Maxwell mxwcl.exe window...?

Thanks... herve

[Hervé]

oups, posted to fast....

Thanks Juan... I'll test it right now....

it is working... thanks Juan !! last is how do I stop a render... ? any special procedure...

[tom]

Press ESC

[Hervé]

well it seam to save anyway, even if I close the window...

Thanks Tom... so simple... yet if you don't know like me... (dumbo feeling... he he)

Forgot to say thank you to Mihai...