Silent Install for Phoenix?

[Colbey79]

Hi,

Is there a way to do a silent install of Phoenix? Similar to the method you can use for Vray? This would be very useful for us as we need to push Phoenix out over our renderfarm and I really don't want to have to manually install it on each machine!

Cheers

Nick

[vlado]

You can use the exact same method as for V-Ray; just the names of the variables are different - check the file "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\Phoenix FD\3ds Max 2012 for x64\uninstall\install.xml" for a complete list. Some of the most important ones are:

MAXROOT - the root folder of 3ds Max
PLUGINS - the folder to install the 3ds Max plugin into (normally, the \plugins folder of 3ds Max)
STDROOT - the folder to install the changelog, readme, and the license server.
SCENES - the folder where to put the sample scenes
OPEN_README - 1 to open the readme file after the installation and 0 otherwise
OPEN_CHANGELOG - 1 to open the changelog after the installation and 0 otherwise
INSTALL_TYPE - installation type (0 - full, 1 - render slave, 2 - license server)
INSTALL_WIBU - 1 to install the WIBU drivers and 0 to skip them
REG_LIC_SERVER - 1 to register the license server as a Windows service and 0 otherwise

Best regards,
Vlado

[Colbey79]

Thanks for the quick response. Thought it would probably be similar just needed to confirm it.

Cheers

Nick