Hello,
Renderman creates a variable “RMANTREE” by default (See: https://rmanwiki-26.pixar.com/space/REN26/152240132/Environment+Variables )
The variable is updated on each version to point to the correct file path for the new versions.
Currently our school has to update the Deadline Repo RIB Plugin, to have the Renderman Executable field manually set to the path for Renderman Server each time we upgrade the software, on each of our 6 Deadline Repos.
e.g:
“C:\Program Files\Pixar\RenderManProServer-26.3\bin\prman.exe”
But if the RIB Plugin just set to the RMANTREE Variable, the path could just be like this:
“$RMANTREE\bin\prman.exe”
From what I’ve been reading when searching the forums, its not possible to set a variable in the settings, and it has to be changed in the plugin itself. But it seems silly for me to manually learn how to modify the plugin, when the Plugin default settings should be changed so it works out the box without any modification required by users.
Please consider this for a change to the default RIB Plugin settings.