Hi @ferdinand
Thanks for looking into this.
Sorry for not supplying enough info.
This is in c4d version 24.037, Windows 10 and RS version 3.0.53
I did actually tag the post initially :)

I did some more digging and found out that if the renderdata i'm copying has non default values, the child will not get these values after the script has executed. Try this:

• In your "My Render Settings" change the render resolution
• Make a depth AOV in the RS AOV manager
• Run the script
  = The resolution of the child is 1280x720 an there is no AOV in the childs RS AOV manager, but the parent has the same res as the original and a depth AOV in the manager (at least on my machine)

But i figured out how to solve this by first inserting the child in the root of the Render Settings and then making it a child of the Redshift Deafult:

import c4d
import redshift
from c4d import gui

def MakeRsDefault(renderdata):
    default = renderdata.GetClone() # Clone active renderdata
    default.SetName("Redshift Default") # Set name

    # Set output format
    default[c4d.RDATA_FORMAT] = 1016606
    default[c4d.RDATA_FORMATDEPTH] = 2 # 32 bits
    default[c4d.RDATA_NAMEFORMAT] = 6 # name.000.ext
    doc.InsertRenderData(default) # insert new render setting

    # Set ACES 1.0
    defaultvprs = redshift.FindAddVideoPost(default, redshift.VPrsrenderer)
    defaultvprs[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_OCIO_VIEW] = 'ACES 1.0 SDR-video'
    defaultvprs[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_COMPENSATE_VIEW_TRANSFORM] = 1

    return default

def MakeRsRaw(renderdata, parent):
    raw = c4d.documents.RenderData() # Clone active renderdata
    raw.SetName("Redshift Raw") # Set name

    # Set output format
    raw[c4d.RDATA_FORMAT] = 1016606
    raw[c4d.RDATA_FORMATDEPTH] = 2 # 32 bits
    raw[c4d.RDATA_NAMEFORMAT] = 6 # name.000.ext
    doc.InsertRenderData(raw) # insert "redshift raw"

    # Set Raw
    rawvprs = redshift.FindAddVideoPost(raw, redshift.VPrsrenderer)
    raw[c4d.RDATA_RENDERENGINE] = redshift.VPrsrenderer # Set Redshift as render
    rawvprs[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_OCIO_VIEW] = 'Raw'
    rawvprs[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_COMPENSATE_VIEW_TRANSFORM] = 0
    doc.InsertRenderData(raw, parent) # Make "redshift raw" a child of redshift default

    return raw

def main():
    active = doc.GetActiveRenderData() # Get active renderdata

    # Check if Redshift is installed
    vprs = redshift.FindAddVideoPost(active, redshift.VPrsrenderer)
    if vprs is None:
        return
    # Check if Redshift is active render
    if active[c4d.RDATA_RENDERENGINE] == 1036219:
        parent = MakeRsDefault(active)
        child = MakeRsRaw(active, parent)
    else:
        gui.MessageDialog('Only works with Redshift Rendersettings')
        return


    # Set project settings for linear workflow
    doc[c4d.DOCUMENT_LINEARWORKFLOW] = 1
    doc[c4d.DOCUMENT_COLORPROFILE] = 0

    doc.SetActiveRenderData(parent) # set new setting as the active render setting
    parent.SetBit(c4d.BIT_ACTIVERENDERDATA)
    c4d.EventAdd()

# Execute main()
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

Regards
Bonsak

Hi @ferdinand
Maybe I'm just confused as to what is supposed to be expected behavior. The "Clone active renderdata" comment is a typo from a previous version :) Sorry about that.
What i figured out (in my second version of the script) was that if i create a default renderdata instance as a child of a parent render setting directly (doc.InsertRenderData(raw, default)), it does not snap to all the values of the parent, But if i make a default renderdata instance in the root of the render settings, and then make it a child of the parent after wards, all its values will snap to the parent. That puzzled me, but as i now have a version that works like i want it to, we dont have to investigate this any further.
Thank you very much for your time.

Regards
Bonsak

Hi @ferdinand
Thanks for looking into this.
Sorry for not supplying enough info.
This is in c4d version 24.037, Windows 10 and RS version 3.0.53
I did actually tag the post initially :)

I did some more digging and found out that if the renderdata i'm copying has non default values, the child will not get these values after the script has executed. Try this:

• In your "My Render Settings" change the render resolution
• Make a depth AOV in the RS AOV manager
• Run the script
  = The resolution of the child is 1280x720 an there is no AOV in the childs RS AOV manager, but the parent has the same res as the original and a depth AOV in the manager (at least on my machine)

But i figured out how to solve this by first inserting the child in the root of the Render Settings and then making it a child of the Redshift Deafult:

import c4d
import redshift
from c4d import gui

def MakeRsDefault(renderdata):
    default = renderdata.GetClone() # Clone active renderdata
    default.SetName("Redshift Default") # Set name

    # Set output format
    default[c4d.RDATA_FORMAT] = 1016606
    default[c4d.RDATA_FORMATDEPTH] = 2 # 32 bits
    default[c4d.RDATA_NAMEFORMAT] = 6 # name.000.ext
    doc.InsertRenderData(default) # insert new render setting

    # Set ACES 1.0
    defaultvprs = redshift.FindAddVideoPost(default, redshift.VPrsrenderer)
    defaultvprs[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_OCIO_VIEW] = 'ACES 1.0 SDR-video'
    defaultvprs[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_COMPENSATE_VIEW_TRANSFORM] = 1

    return default

def MakeRsRaw(renderdata, parent):
    raw = c4d.documents.RenderData() # Clone active renderdata
    raw.SetName("Redshift Raw") # Set name

    # Set output format
    raw[c4d.RDATA_FORMAT] = 1016606
    raw[c4d.RDATA_FORMATDEPTH] = 2 # 32 bits
    raw[c4d.RDATA_NAMEFORMAT] = 6 # name.000.ext
    doc.InsertRenderData(raw) # insert "redshift raw"

    # Set Raw
    rawvprs = redshift.FindAddVideoPost(raw, redshift.VPrsrenderer)
    raw[c4d.RDATA_RENDERENGINE] = redshift.VPrsrenderer # Set Redshift as render
    rawvprs[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_OCIO_VIEW] = 'Raw'
    rawvprs[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_COLOR_MANAGEMENT_COMPENSATE_VIEW_TRANSFORM] = 0
    doc.InsertRenderData(raw, parent) # Make "redshift raw" a child of redshift default

    return raw

def main():
    active = doc.GetActiveRenderData() # Get active renderdata

    # Check if Redshift is installed
    vprs = redshift.FindAddVideoPost(active, redshift.VPrsrenderer)
    if vprs is None:
        return
    # Check if Redshift is active render
    if active[c4d.RDATA_RENDERENGINE] == 1036219:
        parent = MakeRsDefault(active)
        child = MakeRsRaw(active, parent)
    else:
        gui.MessageDialog('Only works with Redshift Rendersettings')
        return


    # Set project settings for linear workflow
    doc[c4d.DOCUMENT_LINEARWORKFLOW] = 1
    doc[c4d.DOCUMENT_COLORPROFILE] = 0

    doc.SetActiveRenderData(parent) # set new setting as the active render setting
    parent.SetBit(c4d.BIT_ACTIVERENDERDATA)
    c4d.EventAdd()

# Execute main()
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

Regards
Bonsak

Hi
I'm making a script that:
1 Copies (clones) the active render setting
2 Inserts a new one based on the clone
3 Then makes a new RS rendersetting
4 Inserts the new RS render setting as a child of the clone in step 2

But when the child is inserted, it's settings are not inherited from the parent. The "Inherit Parent Behavior" is active on the child but when i right click on a parameter in the child render setting the "Inherit Parent Setting" is grayed out.

import c4d
import redshift
from c4d import gui

def main():
    active = doc.GetActiveRenderData() # Get active renderdata

    default = active.GetClone() # Clone active renderdata
    default.SetName("Redshift Default") # Set name
    redshift.FindAddVideoPost(default, redshift.VPrsrenderer)
    default[c4d.RDATA_RENDERENGINE] = redshift.VPrsrenderer # Set Redshift as render
    doc.InsertRenderData(default) # insert new render setting

    raw = c4d.documents.RenderData() # Make new renderdata
    raw.SetName("Redshift Raw") # Set name
    redshift.FindAddVideoPost(raw, redshift.VPrsrenderer)
    raw[c4d.RDATA_RENDERENGINE] = redshift.VPrsrenderer # Set Redshift as render
    doc.InsertRenderData(raw, default) # insert "redshift raw" as a child of redshift default

    doc.SetActiveRenderData(default) #set new setting as the active render setting
    c4d.EventAdd()

# Execute main()
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

I was expecting that the child would default to inheriting settings from its parent.
Any help appreciated

Regards
Bonsak

Ok. I figured it out. The ID was wrong. It was supposed to be 465001634

-b

Hi
I managed to delete my original plugin :) So now im recreating it. But when i run this plugin now with the findplugin argument, it returns None. As stated higher up in the thread im trying to set custom database paths in prefs on startup.

import c4d
import os, sys


def PluginMessage(id, data):	
	if id == c4d.C4DPL_PROGRAM_STARTED:
		# try: 
		# Get plugin object
		plugin = c4d.plugins.FindPlugin(1040566)

		# Print plugin object
		print('Plugin ', plugin)
		plugin.GetDescription(c4d.DESCFLAGS_DESC_0)
		dbPaths = plugin[c4d.PREF_DATABASE_PATHS]
		print('Existing DB paths {}').format(dbPaths)

Any help appreciated.

Regards
Bonsak

Thanks! Works like a charm!

-b

So im trying to get this to work inside our startup plugin. I can set new database paths but i cant read the existing ones. So im constantly overwriting the paths field.

import c4d
import os, sys

def PluginMessage(id, data):	
	if id == c4d.C4DPL_PROGRAM_STARTED:
		try: 
			# Get plugin object
			plugin = c4d.plugins.FindPlugin(1040566)
			# Print plugin object
			print('Plugin {}').format(plugin)

			# Get existing paths
			dbPaths = plugin[c4d.PREF_DATABASE_PATHS]
			# Print existing paths
			print('Existing DB paths {}').format(dbPaths)

			# Set new paths
			dbPaths = dbPaths + "\n" + "S:/_3D_Central/Maxon/Racecar-Assets-Redshift" 
			plugin[c4d.PREF_DATABASE_PATHS] = dbPaths

			# Print new paths
			print('New DB paths {}').format(dbPaths)

		except KeyError: 
			sys.exit(1)

print('Existing DB paths {}').format(dbPaths) doesnt print anyting even though there are entries in the Databases field.
Am i doing something wrong?

Regards
Bonsak

Thanks! Ill try that.

Regards
Bonsak

Hi
I have a python startup plugin that sets texture paths in Prefs>File Assets! with SetGlobalTexturePaths(...) for all workstations and render slaves. Is there a similar method for setting custom paths for node material Asset Databases (below the File Assets field) ?

Any help appreciated.

-b

Omg! I had an old version of the plugin defined in the Plugins list in prefs that set the paths to [].
Blush Deluxe!
Sorry for wasting your time. Works perfectly fine.

Regards
Bonsak