When you scan your plug-ins, LightWave
is ???writing down???where they all are; it then saves them to a configuration file. This file is
called LWEXT9.cfg (LightWave EXTensions). So to tell ScreamerNet where all your plugins
are, all you need do is tell it where the LWEXT9.cfg file is on the network.
There is another config file ScreamerNet needs to find in order to work: LW9.cfg. As we
mentioned earlier, this is the LightWave Layout configuration file. It stores a whole bunch
of settings, but most importantly, it stores the location of the content folder we mentioned
earlier.
Let??™s review. Table 15.1 presents a breakdown of what ScreamerNet needs to be able to
find on a network in order to run.
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Table 15.1 ScreamerNet Needs
Needs to Find Needed for??¦ Information Stored in??¦
Command folder Master computer to ???talk??? to Nodes told at
render nodes initialization time
Plug-ins Plug-ins used in the scene and LWEXT9.cfg
for file saving
Scene content All objects, images, and scene files LW9.cfg
Nodes told at initialization time
Technically, these items don??™t need to be in one place; they don??™t need to be in the same
building or even the same country! As long as ScreamerNet can find them, they could be
anywhere.
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