where is mental ray?
 

why isn't mental ray listed in my render options droplist? isn't it included in the program? i have maya unlimited 2008.

window>settings/prefrences>plugin manager

mayatomr click load or load automatically... relax.

Check the plugin editor if you see any application disappear, in fact.

Yeah, the first time my mental ray disappeared I started freaking out, too. I did some really weird stuff to render a scene through another scene before I figured out how to get it back O.o

ok, i found that.;)

a little tip to know if mental ray is switched off, is when the "Output Window" does not appear on start up when you open maya itself.