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RenderMan diagnostics have a built-in configuration for live data that is always presented in the it tool, toggled on with the "V" (capital "vee") keyboard shortcut. For DCC plugins the live stats are also built-in but are not enabled by default. This is a prototype feature that may require manual configuration as explained in Live Statistics Configuration.
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Configuration options for live stats are limited as this is a prototype feature. As the system evolves, so too will the ability to create custom configurations of live stats. |
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If you specify an absolute path on the command line it will override any requested search paths. This is a convenient way to do quick testing without having to modify an existing config file. Maybe For example, suppose you normally run with a certain configuration of listeners, but then want to do a render with details printed to the console about a specific metric or group of metrics. You could do a debugging run that temporarily overrides the default configuration in one of two ways . By - either by setting/pre-pending the environment variable override:
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setenv RMAN_STATS_CONFIG_PATH /my/test/directory prman -statsconfig debug_stats.ini complicatedScene.rib |
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