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Configuration files |
To specify which network render slave machines a master uses, mental ray for Maya and mental ray standalone use different configuration files:
- mental ray for Maya and mental ray for Maya Satellite uses a file called
maya.rayhosts - mental ray standalone uses a file called .
rayhosts
maya.rayhosts
mental ray for Maya and mental ray for Maya Satellite look for maya.rayhosts in the following directories:
- user’s Maya preference directory
- user’s Maya application directory
- user’s home directory
To configure maya.rayhosts files, see Set up a master machine with mental ray standalone (method 2)
maya.rayrc
mental ray for Maya looks for (maya.)rayrc in the following directories:
- user’s Maya preference directory
- user’s Maya application directory
- user’s home directory
- $MAYA_LOCATION/mentalray
- directory from which the plug-in was loaded
maya.rayrc is installed with mental ray and additional configuration is generally not required.