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.

Websocket Host 
Host used by the server

Websocket Port
Port used by the server 

Settings used by the Live Stats system including Host IP and Websocket port.
Log Level will change 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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