Any ideas on where the setting for the Render Output path is stored?  Is it hardwired with the file, or is it in some ini setting.  I haven’t been able to find it in the 3dsmax.ini file.  I just want to clear it out for my maxstart.max file.  See image for example of what I want to clear.  Thanks for any help!

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Hi,

It is in the scene.  Open the maxstart.max file and change the file name to something you like, and ensure that Save is disabled.  I don’t think you can clear it out completely without recreating the maxstart file.

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Customise > Configure User Paths.

Remember that those paths are, by default, relative to the Project Directory. If you want to use a specific location elsewhere you need to make the path absolute.

Sorry Jennifer - it isn’t in the scene - I just tried it and it’s a global setting, but it is affected by the current Project Directory (unless you make it Absolute).

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Steve Curley 27 March 2008 04:54 PM

Customise > Configure User Paths.

Remember that those paths are, by default, relative to the Project Directory. If you want to use a specific location elsewhere you need to make the path absolute.

Sorry Jennifer - it isn’t in the scene - I just tried it and it’s a global setting, but it is affected by the current Project Directory (unless you make it Absolute).

Thanks for the responses.  I ended up just creating a new maxstart file and copied all of my settings from the old file to the new one manually....except for that path! :-)

That path is stored in the 3dsmax.ini file in the Directories section; as RenderOutput=.\renderoutput ... that is the default. :) I think.

Ooh, ooh, do I win?  Anything?  Chirp, chirp.

Maneswar Cheemalapati [FA]

Maneswar_Cheemalapati 28 March 2008 12:18 AM

That path is stored in the 3dsmax.ini file in the Directories section; as RenderOutput=.\renderoutput ... that is the default. :) I think.

Ooh, ooh, do I win?  Anything?  Chirp, chirp.

Nope...Keep trying!  Here is a screen capture showing the 3dsmax.ini, the User Paths, and the Render dialog.  Notice that the path only shows up in the render dialog....Now, do a little experiment:

1. Rename your maxstart.max file to maxstart1.max.
2. Restart MAX.
3. go to the render dialog and click “Files...” to browse to any folder and type in a filename and type.  (I chose C:\Temp\junk.jpg for example)
4. Save as “maxstart.max” and reset MAX or close and reload MAX.
5. The path is part of the maxstart.max file and has nothing to do with any INI or PATH setting.

Thanks anyway! :-)

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Despondo 27 March 2008 03:39 PM

Any ideas on where the setting for the Render Output path is stored?  Is it hardwired with the file, or is it in some ini setting.  I haven’t been able to find it in the 3dsmax.ini file.  I just want to clear it out for my maxstart.max file.  See image for example of what I want to clear.  Thanks for any help!

The path IS part of the MAX file, that’s why it gets stored with the Maxstart.max to start with.
The only way I know to clear it is using MAXScript, obviously ;)

Close the Render Scene Dialog and evaluate

rendOutputFilename = “”

in the MAXScript Listener.
Open the Render Scene Dialog - the path is gone.
(You cannot change it even with MAXScript while the dialog is open.)

Borislav “Bobo” Petrov

Borislav Petrov 28 March 2008 01:23 AM

Despondo 27 March 2008 03:39 PM

Any ideas on where the setting for the Render Output path is stored?  Is it hardwired with the file, or is it in some ini setting.  I haven’t been able to find it in the 3dsmax.ini file.  I just want to clear it out for my maxstart.max file.  See image for example of what I want to clear.  Thanks for any help!

The path IS part of the MAX file, that’s why it gets stored with the Maxstart.max to start with.
The only way I know to clear it is using MAXScript, obviously ;)

Close the Render Scene Dialog and evaluate

rendOutputFilename = “”

in the MAXScript Listener.
Open the Render Scene Dialog - the path is gone.
(You cannot change it even with MAXScript while the dialog is open.)

Thanks Bobo!  That did it alright!  This will come in handy for all of those archived projects that come back online and no longer have that folder path live.

Darn, I thought I had it too.  Well, anyway, I’m sort of glad you got it solved. ;)

Maneswar Cheemalapati [FA]

That explains why I got it wrong too - the path in my maxstart.max is empty to begin with, if I click the Files button on the Render Dialog it defaults to the path set in Customise User Paths.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.