[cgbeige]

Still with version 1.7.1, network rendering is broken on Mac OS X - I've had Ignatio from Next Limit try and get a render working on my machines and he's had no luck so until the software is fixed, I have found a simple workaround:

Use mxstudio and select Render Region, then cut your rendering into two halves on each machine with a slight overlap to join them in Photoshop later. It's not perfect but it works. Be careful with your marquee selection not to select outside of the cameras bounds since it will render the whole scene and not the part if you do.

[nachob]

We have found a problem that could explain the errors you are seeing, and that we hope to solve soon. When some of the computers in the network rendering have different network bandwith (e.g. 100Mbit with 1Gb) some of the information flowing between them can be spoiled and can produce crashes in the servers (if the mxs get corrupted) or stripes in the merged image (if what fails is the mxi). Try to connect the computers with the fastest and more direct connection possible while we solve the problem.

Thanks a lot

nachob

[cgbeige]

thanks but this isn't really an option and it doesn't pose a problem for Mental Ray when rendering. I can do a cooperative Mental Ray Satellite rendering even over a wireless connection without problems.