Backburner, Spawner as services... but on x64

[moonpie]

Hello,

I installed the BB and Spawner on one of the workstation which happened to have XP x64 OS. I installed the services as I did on 32-bit workstations. No success! In task manager these services (serversvc.exe and vrayspawner60.exe) come up without *32 which mean 32-bit process.

However, when I run these as apps they work correctly and with asterisk.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Szymon

[jujubee]

Well, to the best of my knowledge Max is still a 32 bit application and both BB and Vrayspawner are launching this 32 bit app...

[moonpie]

If you run them as apps - yes they appear as 32-bit. But when you install them as services an run them as usual - they simply don't work. I.e. the viz is not started in server mode (it is the case with BB and Spawner).

Szymon

[moonpie]

Has anyone managed to run Spawner and Backburner as services on x64 machine?

Cheers
Szymon

[vlado]

I'm afraid we'll have to wait for a true 64-bit 3dsmax for this to be possible. Still, you can try to ask on the 3dsmax support forum, maybe someone knows an answer.

Best regards,
Vlado

[k-arts]

maybe iam wrong but...

The reason for being a service is to start running during the boot procedure,right?. If i understand correctly you want to just switch the x64 machine on and then start the rendering job on another right? Well i just drag a shortcut of the spawner and the BB into the autostart. Thats what i would do but maybe i just dont understand the service problem!?

ralf

[mike.edel]

ralf,

autostart entries only get started if you log on - services already run before logging on.
i guess that makes a difference for render farms with a lot of computers (unless you auto-logon)

other than that - services can easily be managed from remote computers using the mmc (microsoft management console)
for processes you need specialized tools

[Dynedain]

I haven't tested vrayspawner60 yet (although it installed as service just fine) but backburner server is working fine as service under XP64 for me.

[moonpie]

I haven't tested vrayspawner60 yet (although it installed as service just fine) but backburner server is working fine as service under XP64 for me.

The main reason for me using the Spawner & Backburner as services is that they function transparently.

I installed the serversvc as on 32-bit system i.e. via command line typing serversvc -install. This service however fails to start 3dsviz in server mode.

Again, when I launch the server as application it appears in task manager as serversvc.exe *32 but when launched as service it has no asterisk whatsoever. I can't tell where I am making mistake,

thanks
Szymon

[Dynedain]

It does show up with *32 for me. Granted, I'm on Max8 with backburner 3... the version of Backburner that comes with your version of Viz could be part of the problem.