A number of RenderMan-specific preferences can be set via the Preferences option found under the RenderMan menu.

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Live Stats

Enable
Enables the Live Stats server.

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Log Level
Changes the verbosity level of the stats system

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TxManager

Fallback path
By default, the .tex file will be written in the same directory as the source image file.  If this directory is not writable, the texture manager will write to the fallback directory instead.

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