live link turning on distributed rendering

[s_gru]

i have a scene that turns on distributed rendering when i launch a live link to vantage. i have turned off dist rendering several times, saved the file, but each time i start live link it gets turned back on. is this normal behavior? i have vantage version 1.8.1 build 1433992 Jul 18 2022. i only started noticing it because i wanted to do a few quick IPR renders and notice the errors that i cannot use local machine 127.0.0.1 to render because i don't have v-ray render server started.

thanks,

[Alexander.Atanasov]

Hi s_gru,

Live link to Vantage is basically V-Ray GPU IPR with DR. When pressing the Live link button, the script;

• detect if you are using V-Ray 5 GPU or newer as a renderer and ask if you would like to switch to it.
• stores your DR settings, enables(if not already enabled) DR and sets as an active machine 127.0.0.1 on port 20701 and disables Use local host.
• Start Chaos Vantage (if it is not already running).
• Send the scene to Chaos Vantage.

If you have closed Live link from the button, then all previous settings will be recalled and fo example if didn't have DR enabled it will not be enabled after you click the button. But if you have closed Vantage from the X or have stopped the live link from the stop button in the VFB, then the settings will not be reset and DR will be enabled. We will look into it to improve the experience.

Best regards,
Alexander

[s_gru]

ah, that last bit it was i was doing, as well as having both vantage open AND trying to do an IPR in max. that explains it. ok thanks.