Hi there.
"Temporary/automatic render output files (the ones named "tgout") have a new filename format that includes the render time and the version of Terragen."
Where can I change this? I am kind of tired renaming the test renders to something useful afterwards.
Is that something that would be possible to change with the help of the SDK?
CHeers, Klaus
I love the new addition of render time in the temp file name, but it would be useful to have that user defined.
Yes. I've been manually entering that data, plus number of cores/threads/signature (I keep all my signatures so I can identify the hardware and drivers I used) into the project settings (lower left corner of the UI) for a few years. Wouldn't think that would be too hard to implement.
Comes in handy when one opens a old scene and wants to get a quick idea of how long the render took. (●'◡'●)
Quote from: jaf on July 22, 2019, 03:09:01 PM
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Comes in handy when one opens a old scene and wants to get a quick idea of how long the render took. (●'◡'●)
It does. I always enter render times into saves so I can see how the software is improving over the years if it at all.
For temp output this is not user editable at this time. However as described in the change log you can use several new variables in your *regular* file output names and you can control how/where they're used (in the Sequence/Output tab).
${BUILDNUMBER} // e.g. 4.4.09.1
${CAMERA} // the name of the camera at the moment the frame started rendering
${IMAGETYPE} or IMAGETYPE // e.g. tgSurfDirect, tgCloudRgb etc. If used for the main output it will insert tgBeauty
${LAYER} or ${RENDERLAYER} // the name of the render layer at the moment the frame started rendering, if one was connected
${RENDER} or ${RENDERER} or ${RENDERNODE} // the name of the render node at the moment the frame started rendering
${RENDERSECONDS} // render time in seconds, e.g. 134
${RENDERTIME} // render time formatted with hours, minutes and seconds (e.g. 1h07m24s), or without the hours if shorter than 1 hour, e.g. 02m14s
${TGDNAME} // the name of the last saved or loaded TGD file at the moment the frame started rendering (or "Untitled"), without the path and without the extension
If you want to always have your custom file naming setup, just use "Render All to Disk" instead of the regular Render button.
- Oshyan
ok and thanks.
I know the tokens but using those with different versions of TG brings me back to the "installations use the same preferences file" thing.
Anyway, not a big deal. Like digitalguru mentioned: "...the temp file name, but it would be useful to have that user defined."
CHeers, Klaus
This is how I configure the Project Settings (the signature is a text file with the appropriate info at the time of the render):
ah, thanks for the info!