How to set up network rendering

[kenzor]

Everything "just worked" with max 2016 and the on vray license system. I can't find any information on how to setup the new system.

My render slave has a fresh install of 3ds max 2017 and the latest version of VRay

Scanline rendering works fine on my render slave

VRay rendering FAILS on my render slave ( cannot find a license -7 )

I have a dongle for VRay. On my workstation VRay will not find a license without the dongle plugged in though the documentation implies that it should not be needed.


Can someone point me at the right bit of documentation. I been trawling the net for hours and i can't find anything on how to setup a render slave under the new licensing system.

Many thanks

[ivan.slavchev]

The dongle is still needed. Online licensing for now is offered with newly bought licenses only.
For the render slave to work:
- make sure that you have the same V-Ray version on the workstation and on the slave
- make sure the license settings are correctly set on the slave - https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...ServerSettings
- the dongle should be plugged in on the machine that you have V-Ray license server installed. The latest license server can be downloaded from https://download.chaosgroup.com/license-server

[kenzor]

I added render master IP to the slave using the "Change v-Ray client License settings" tool. Everything works now

many thanks