ray3.exe change output folder for rendered image

[klipi]

Hi,
Is it posible to change output path for rendered image and finalgather map when rendering mi2 files using ray3.exe
I tried this but it does not work (fg map and final image are still rendered in default XSI project folder):

ray3 -v -file_dir c:\mi_render c:\mi_render\camera01.mi2

"mi_render" is local folder on PC and idea is to reduce stress on server disk.

Thank you.

[Hirazi Blue]

Hmm, I don't have access to "ray3.exe" myself, but after a glance at the Mental Ray Manual, I guess you're looking for the following command line switch:

-file_dir "path"
If set then all output images are written to the given directory path. This is especially useful for animations with multiple frames.

Hope it helps... ;)

[klipi]

that is what i thought also reading mental ray manual, but it does not work for me. output images still
end up in xsi project folder. Thanks anyway.

[Hirazi Blue]

Sorry, I didn't read your post correctly...

edit: okay, I looked into it some more ( again)...
Seems to be an old bug (this sound similar to me). Can you test it with a different version of ray3?

[klipi]

Thank you very much! im going to try some older ray3.
also I noticed that if you don't use -file_dir command ray3 is not
going to render your mi2 file if it is somewhere outside of xsi project folder.

Thanks again.