unc path in "separate render channels" dialog

[robin_lawrie]

so im having another problem with deadline. when i submit a job which points to my local s:drive to save the image, it warns me that my save path appears to be a local drive. however i should be able to ignore this, as my render slaves have a mapped network drive pointing to this local drive, with the same drive letter.

however for some reason it does not work.

if i edit the job properties in deadline, and change the save path to a unc version (\\mymachine\s\job) it works.

thats a pain in the butt though.

how do i specify the save path in the save dialog of vray with the path as UNC already? i dont find anyway to manually type in a path in the path box (it just displays an uneditable path) and i have no idea how to use the file browser to set a unc path to a local drive.

[hermit.crab]

Try running this in the script listener:

renderers.current.output_splitfilename = "\\mymachine\s\job"

[robin_lawrie]

ok thanks, ill give it a try.

In the end, I managed to find some random checkbox in deadline "use local rendering" in the max submission dialog. the name doesnt really describe the function.. it tells deadline to save the image locally on the slave, then transfer it to the network drive after. its enabled by default.

I found a post on a forum suggesting that disabling it fixed a similar issue to mine. unchecking that, and deadline now saves properly to the mapped drive.

[Morbid Angel]

so im having another problem with deadline. when i submit a job which points to my local s:drive to save the image, it warns me that my save path appears to be a local drive. however i should be able to ignore this, as my render slaves have a mapped network drive pointing to this local drive, with the same drive letter.

however for some reason it does not work.

if i edit the job properties in deadline, and change the save path to a unc version (\\mymachine\s\job) it works.

thats a pain in the butt though.

how do i specify the save path in the save dialog of vray with the path as UNC already? i dont find anyway to manually type in a path in the path box (it just displays an uneditable path) and i have no idea how to use the file browser to set a unc path to a local drive.

You have to make your local drive a mapped network drive. Have a look at this article:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...7-751eb10deaa7