Distributed rendering on viz 2006

[mikeh]

I am trying to get vrayadvanced to DR with viz 2006. i haven't made much progress. When i start the vrayspawner60.exe on the server machine it errors out because it can't start the vraydummy60.xml. All the files are in the correct places per the user manual. I sent off a copy of the log to chaos but haven't heard back. Any thoughts? Does anyone that has viz 2006 actually have DR working?

Also, is there a way to get the user manual onto my machine instead of me having to access the inetrnet and go to the chaos website, log in and then go to the manual?
mh

[RErender]

You might try the steps outlined here http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpB...light=viz+2006

Hope it helps

[mikeh]

i have seen this thread and at the end of the thread it essentially says that it doesn't work.
mh

[RErender]

maybe w/ http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpB...light=viz+2006

[mikeh]

I'll have to try that...wish me luck.
mh

[arobbert]

Mike,
Did it work?

Has anyone got DR working with VIZ 2006 using 1.46 or 1.47.02?

[mikeh]

didn't work...but it may be that i'm doing it wrong...the instructions are a bit vague...i took the backburner.xml file, renamed it to vraydummy60.xml, replaced the vraydummy60.xml file in the viz root with it but it still errors on the opening of the xml file. I have emailed chaos twice now with no response...my conclusion is that chaos doesn't know how to make Vray DR with viz 2006 at this point....seems like false advertising at this point.
mh

[arobbert]

This is getting really frustrating for me. I've been holding off on upgrading my Vray and VIZ until the final release of Vray (with solid DR) we all know this story. I currently use VIZ 4 with 1.09 for production. The DR is pretty solid and everything works. However I feel like I'm living in the past and need to upgrade. I would also like to take advantage of some of the new features. In my tests the new version is much faster for me.

I skipped the VIZ 5 upgrade (bad move) so the only option for me was VIZ 2006 which I finally did buy 5 months ago. Since then I've been waiting for a version that will work with DR. I've been working with it for non production just to get up to speed and now I'm plagued with this missing bitmap problem for which there seems to be no solution (bitmap textures randomly disappear, see the thread). I can't fall back onto VIZ 5 because I don't have it. Therefore I have no alternative but to continue using this outdated setup.

I'm starting to think I made bad call by upgrading to VIZ 2006 instead of MAX but I was sure they had finally made the two products consistent with each other. This is obviously not the case. I really hope the new version comes out soon and makes this all go away. It seems like I've been in limbo for the past year. WAHHHHHHHHHHH, enough pouting now I feel better.

[zeronove]

have you tried to use a new vraydummy60.max file instead of the one provided with vray?
U can do it saving an empty scene from viz, renaming it with same name and replacing the original file
It seems to me the same old issue that I had with my viz 2005

let me know

a.

[tdarcy]

Hi Arobert,
I currently use viz 4 with 1.47.03 which is the current build I think. I have no problems with it and DR also works with viz 4.
I have heard about problems with viz 2006 thats why i haven't upgraded from viz 4.

Cheers
TD

[arobbert]

Hi TD,
Really? I don't know why I havn't tried that. I tried 1.46 but it seemed slow. I guess I just got stuck on 1.09 If this works it would be great. I'll try it.
Thanks!

[arobbert]

Well, at least I can use the newest build with VIZ 4. I'm glad Chaos still supports it!

[mikeh]

have you tried to use a new vraydummy60.max file instead of the one provided with vray?
U can do it saving an empty scene from viz, renaming it with same name and replacing the original file
It seems to me the same old issue that I had with my viz 2005

let me know

a.

The process doesn't get past the xml file so playing with the max file would be meaningless at this point. I go to the vrspawn.log to see what happens and this is the case....the xml file errors and terminates before anything happens.
mh

[arobbert]

have you tried to use a new vraydummy60.max file instead of the one provided with vray?
U can do it saving an empty scene from viz, renaming it with same name and replacing the original file
It seems to me the same old issue that I had with my viz 2005

let me know

a.

The process doesn't get past the xml file so playing with the max file would be meaningless at this point. I go to the vrspawn.log to see what happens and this is the case....the xml file errors and terminates before anything happens.
mh

I've done this about five times and it crashes every time spawner starts. If I use the xml file that comes with vray it starts to open the vraydummy60.max file and shuts down. Then it goes into an endless loop of this until I terminate spawner.

[RErender]

sorry if I sent you on a wild goose chase.


this sounds crazy but...

I was having the exact same problem with max7 1.46.10 spawner restarting all the time...
So reinstalled the network driver for the Dell dual xeon which was having this problem. Still no difference...
So just for the "fun" of it, I started the max5 spawner with vray 1.09, it worked just fine.
Then started the max7 1.46.10 spawner, while the max5 spawner was running. BINGO - max7 1.46.10 spawner works like a charm!
Don't know why but it seems to do the trick. I have replicated this on another computer, which was having the same problem = problem fixed.

Older versions but you might try starting the 2006 spawner while the viz4 spawner is running.