ahhh, and i also get this when i load my scene.. // mental ray for Maya 5 // Warning: mental ray for Maya: couldn't find maya.rayrc in search path, trying old-style startup file // // Error: mental ray for Maya: couldn't find startup file // // Error: (Mayatomr) : startup command execution failed // // Error: line 1: initializePlugin function failed (Mayatomr) // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'mentalrayItemsList'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'mentalrayGlobals'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'miDefaultOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'miDefaultFramebuffer'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'Draft'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'DraftMotionBlur'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'Preview'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'PreviewMotionblur'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'PreviewCaustics'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'PreviewGlobalIllum'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'PreviewFinalGather'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'Production'; preserving node information during this session. // // Warning: line 1: Unrecognized node type for node 'ProductionMotionblur'; preserving node information during this session. // // File read in 5 seconds. // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: cupShader // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: file1 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: blinn4 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: blinn5 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: file2 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: envChrome2 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: lambert8 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: lambert9 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: file3 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: lightFog1 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: checker1 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: envChrome1 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: lambert3 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: phong2 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: lambert6 // // Warning: line 1: swatches file depend node not found, icon discarded: blinn3 // // Result: 1 // And if i try to render in software (i turn it to preview quality, 320x200, and raytracing off).. setAttr "defaultRenderQuality.enableRaytracing" 0; // Error: An error has occurred. Rendering aborted. // // Error: An exception has occurred, rendering aborted. // // Error: Free memory is low. Memory exception thrown // Yet i have plenty of memory left, and plenty of my page file left.. then again i can render new scenes or other scenes..