[limbus]

Found this huge showstopper bug:

When the network manager crashes and is restarted, all the connected rendernodes crash and the so far rendered MXI files on the rendernodes are deleted. Why?

Are the MXI Files are somewhere else to be found? They are not on the manager node (rendering was not finish), they are not in the trash, they are not in the TMP folder.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start a network render
2. Wait until the nodes write an MXI to the TMP folder
3. Kill the render manager -> the mxi files are still there and the nodes are still rendering
4. Restart the render manager
5. Now the rendernodes crash and the MXI files are gone

TechSpecs:
- Windows 7 64 Bit
- Gigabit Network
- One dedicated render manager (8 Cores, 40 GB RAM)
- Latest Maxwell Version

Florian

[Mihai]

You have an option in Preferences to not delete temp files on crash. Set it on Manager, Nodes and Monitor.

[limbus]

You have an option in Preferences to not delete temp files on crash. Set it on Manager, Nodes and Monitor.

That option is set by default and I didn't change it. I checked all machines. The files still get deleted.

Florian

[Bubbaloo]

Did you look in the defined temp folder on all local nodes? That's where they should be if the manager crashed before merging began.

[limbus]

Did you look in the defined temp folder on all local nodes? That's where they should be if the manager crashed before merging began.

Yes. The files are in the defined TMP folder until the render manager is restarted after a crash. When the render manager is restarted, the rendernodes crash and all files in the TMP folder are deleted.

Also, when you quit a rendernode, all files in the TMP folder are deleted as well.

Florian