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title: Storm.exe options
description: "--help produce help message --sim automatically start the simulation and enable cache writing --writeimages enable playblast image writing (only in gui-mode) --startframe arg override start frame --endframe arg override end frame --cachepath arg override the cache folder path --imagepath arg…"
url: "https://storm-vfx.com/docs/storm-exe-options/"
updated: "2023-05-15"
category: General / Settings
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# Storm.exe options

--help produce help message
--sim automatically start the simulation and enable cache writing
--writeimages enable playblast image writing (only in gui-mode)
--startframe arg override start frame
--endframe arg override end frame
--cachepath arg override the cache folder path
--imagepath arg override the image folder path
--writeinbackground arg enable or disable image and cache writing in background. Default is true
--licensedir arg add an additional license folder path
--headless no-gui version
--numthreads arg number of threads to use
--version show version number
--cudadevice arg choose a cuda device
--input-file arg input file