I can only agree, and for us who is a Maya/Standalone based company
it's more than a pain in the ass arse since I also try and convince
the people here that XSI is a better choice :) So when I tell them
that MI generation is license based they go.. "uuh?? say again?"
Anyhow, I call for a vote that MI generation in Essentials and
Advanced should be unlimited!! (foundation can stay as it is, you get
what you pay for)
Vote for free MI generation in Essentials/Advanced
Yes no
[x] [ ] Stefan Andersson, Swiss International AB
regards
stefan
On 10/1/07, kim aldis <xsi(at)kim-aldis.co.uk> wrote:
> Mental ray standalone rendering of XSI scenes is a right royal pain in the
> arse simply because you do need a license in order to generate the mi file
> in the first place. Which means for each node in the farm you need both a
> mental ray license and an XSI license. Or you have to jump through hoops
> finding a way to batch up the generation of the mi files.
>
> Some time ago I remember talking with Dave Lajoie about opening up free mi
> generation on the command line as a way of easing this bottleneck and he was
> quite positive about it. Then he left softimage and it all sort of went
> quiet. But I still think it needs looking at, especially now with the way
> Maya and Max users seem to be drowing in mental ray licenses.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> > Behalf Of Bernard Lebel
> > Sent: 30 September 2007 22:47
> > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > Subject: Re: MI Generation of files
> >
> > Ah, I see. To my knowledge, you need at least a batch license, as the
> > mi generation is done in XSI, and there is no way to run XSI without
> > such a license.[kim:-]
> >
> >
> > Bernard
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/30/07, Stefan Andersson <sanders3d(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > yes but with Maya MI generation is free, so you can have as many
> > > computers as you want generating MI files from Maya.
> > >
> > >
> > > regards
> > > stefan
> > >
> > > On 9/30/07, Bernard Lebel <3dbernard(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 9/30/07, Stefan Andersson <sanders3d(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > 1.) Would XSI be able to do the same thing?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, if I'm not mistaken only Foundation can't do mi generation.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Bernard
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