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Application Environmental Variables The default values of many of the global parameters can be customized via .h preference files. For example, if you consistently set one or more global parameters to a custom state whenever you create a new script, you can set custom defaults so that new scripts are created with your preferred settings. Custom global values you set with .h files are only applied to newly created scripts. Once a script is saved, these values are saved within that script, and opening that script recalls the global settings saved within. Custom Variable Loading Order When you create .h files to customize Shake's functionality, there is an order of precedence used to load them. • The default Shake settings found in the nreal.h and nrui.h files are loaded first. • Settings in custom .h files load second, according to their own load order. • Settings in .user files are loaded third. • Finally, any variables found in a Shake script itself are loaded last, overwriting all previous settings. Customizing Shake's Default Settings Unlike many applications that control user customizable settings with a preferences window, Shake provides access to a wide variety of functionality using a system of user-created preference files. For more information on creating and using custom preference files, see Chapter 14, "Customizing Shake." Script Environmental Variables The following are variables with states that are not customized via .h files, and are only saved within Shake scripts. Global Parameter SetTimeRange(const char *range) SetTime(float /*frameNumber*/) Type char float SetFieldRendering(const char *mode) char SetFps(const char *fps) char SetMotionBlur(const char *mb, const char char *st, const char *so) SetQuality(const char *quality) char SetProxyScale(const char *proxyScale, char const char *proxyRatio) Purpose Range of frames displayed in the Time Bar. The frame number of the current position of the playhead. Whether or not field rendering is turned on for rendered output. The frame rate of the script. Whether or not motion blur is turned on. The quality of the script, enables antialiasing for certain functions. The default proxy scale of the script. 104 Chapter 2 Setting a Script's Global Parameters