On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 01:15:55PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> Please consider this bug a wishlist:
> 
> a) error message more informative (I guess it makes sense now, but it
> didn't make sense before...)
> 
> b) default settings should work "out-of-the-box".
> 
> Thanks.

(Please note that I'm not the maintainer of yafray or blender, but
merely a user interested in the development of these programs.)

> Also, can you please explain to me the difference between XML export
> and blender plugin?

In XML export mode, blender creates a yafray input file (the XML file)
and then calls the yafray program in the same way as you would from the
command line. In plugin mode, blender loads yafray as a plugin, so that
it doesn't have to export the scene to an intermittent file.

> When would you want to use one or the other?

XML export was the only option before yafray was usable as a plugin.
Nowadays, I'd usually recommend plugin mode, which has the advantage
that you can watch the image build up in the output window while it is
being rendered. I'd only recommend XML export if you need the exported
file for some reason (e.g. you want to run yafray on a different
machine).

Martin


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