I sure have been active in this forum lately…

I have run into another problem with my first OTL. Now I want to have “buttons” which render out a specific ROP. I've made a ROP network within my subnet (in my custom operator) and I'm able to go to the textport and type:

render /obj/*scene*/OUTPUT/test

To render it out just fine. When I put this command into my OTL “default” setting I get an error. I figured I'd have to use

execute(“render /obj/*scene*/OUTPUT/test”)

But that didnt work either. I tried it from a textport and I got an error:

Unknown command: execute

…So my question is, how do I execute a ROP nested within my customOP to make it render?

:?:

BTW……….. can anybody direct me to a good site for help with OTLs?

I have a lot of questions… asking them one at a time here isnt the most efficient way to go about getting the answers. Although, SteveOng is pretty quick at responding

I'm going to be needing to use a lot of execute(“”) type commands in my OTL. I'll need to bypass sops, un-bypass sops, switch switch sops between 1 and 2, etc. I'll also need to do things like “reload all cache” for certain objects within my sub-networks.

The documentation I've found so far has helped me up to a certain point but not far enough….

There is od wiki, be shore to add to this what you learn so if you forget it, bam! There it is, and for the good of all
http://www.odforce.net/odwiki/ [odforce.net]

And odforce, the happiest place on the net
http://odforce.net/ [odforce.net]

Am I missing something? Neither of those sites was any help. I understand the principles of OTLs and the first site:

http://www.odforce.net/odwiki/ [odforce.net]

Helps a little with its explanation of OTL management, but I need more specific info.

I'm still attempting to hookup a “render test” command to my main OTL parameters… :?

aw man! To add insult to injury the www.sidefx.com video tutorials seem to be down… :x grrrrrrrrrr

Hey the_squid,

There's a Digital Asset tutorial in the Help Browser & it should help lots. Yes, unfortunately the Sydney Vislab mirror is down.

To answer your question, put the following in the callback for the button:
opparm -c rop_network_name/rop_name execute

"opparm -c“ allows you to ”press“ a button which is what you're looking for & ”execute" is the ROP's Render button parameter.

Cheers!
steven

That worked! Cool. I think I'm getting the hang of this….

Thanks for all your help. :wink: