Useless? It was actually quite powerful in its time, however, its not being developed anymore, and one should pick up modern renderers like MR and VRay these days.
I'll look into those settings, thanks. I didn't know that the Maya software Renderer hasn't been updated in a while. I'll keep that in mind. I know that Maya as a tool isn't as powerful in areas such as 3d sculpting, lighting or rendering but that it is decent for animation. It's just where I'm beginning, I plan to look into other things next (UDK, zbrush, etc) after understanding the basic work-flow in Maya.
Especially since as far as learning goes it costs nothing to use Maya's learning edition.
Replies
Common/render option/enable default light "off"
Maya Software/quality "production quality"
Maya Software/raytracing "on"
Hope that helps.
Especially since as far as learning goes it costs nothing to use Maya's learning edition.