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1.7 network rendring
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:27 pm
by Asmithey
Hi,
I have a 1.7.1 render node license. I pasted the license text into my current install of Maxwell. When I start Maxwell Studio it shows one standard and one node license. Is there a seperate software package to be insatlled for the manager and server. Or does the node licene enable me to use network rendering with my current install of Maxwell Render. I looked in the manual not sure how to go about it. I can not find or figure out how to start the manager and server components.
Also can network renders be sent via the Form-Z plug-in?
Aaron
Re: 1.7 network rendring
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:31 am
by Mihai
Install Maxwell on both machines. Make sure you have the license file on both.
From your main machine, you can start the Manager and server:
Start>All Programs>Next Limit>Maxwell>Maxwell Manager
Start>All Programs>Next Limit>Maxwell>Maxwell Server
From your node:
Start>All Programs>Next Limit>Maxwell>Maxwell Server
Export first your mxs from FormZ. From your main machine start mxcl. From the network tab, connect, it should find both nodes. Then click Add to add the job. Best would be to first to a pack & go of your scene and saving to a networked folder which both machines have access to. When adding the job use network paths for specifying the path to the scene and output paths (image/MXI). So when adding the job, browse to the mxs file using My network places so the path looks like: //yourmachinename/shared folder/yourfile.mxs. Click the Render Options button when adding a job to specify the output paths in the same way.
Re: 1.7 network rendring
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:21 pm
by Asmithey
Thank you.
Aaron
Re: 1.7 network rendring
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:12 am
by Asmithey
Hello,
I have two nodes doing a coop rendering but the display is not showing the progess. I hit the display button and it just says "computing image". It has not shown me a progress image after several hours in to it.
Is something wrong with the rendering?
Thanks,
Aaron
Re: 1.7 network rendring
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:38 am
by Mihai
Did you select first the job in the list?
Re: 1.7 network rendring
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:44 am
by Asmithey
Hi,
Yes, the first list in the tree. I can see each rendered display for the invidual nodes. I don't get a display when I click on the job, the first list in the tree. It shows the path to the mxs file.
It shows..
Priority...100
Coop...Yes
Assigned to...Any Suitable
For awhile "state" said "computing image" now it shows nothing. If I click display, the "state" tab stays blank.
Aaron