I have a Problem with getting the DR running. Like most People i have runned out max 2014 Trial Versions on my slaves. I tried to follow your intructions to make it work without a GUI but it is still not working.
If i search for the slaves in my max2014, they were shown. But after the first update interval during render ist reporting a FAILURE.
If i look at the slave’s Screens it seems like they are about to start but then stop. And the DR window says the are ready for a new Job.
Thank you for the fast reply. Checking the log file showed that i forgot to install v ray on the slaves. And due to the fact that i use V ray HDRi and V ray Cam max could not open the Scene.
But now there is a bigger Problem.
It all worked fine. I thaught. This night i set up an Animation. Just 10 Frames all in all. The cam Position was fixed. Just the objekt was switching. No Motion blur or anything.
i prefer this way for batch render produktshots rather than setting them all up in different scenes via Backburner.
Now the Thing is, that one machine always sent passes from the first Frame to the Hosting pc. Wich caused that i have a transparent ghost of the first Produkt (first Frame) in all of my renderd Images. But not even completly… it is mostly sliced in horizontal. It Looks like the Transport of the passes from one slave to my machine is not working correctly.
it looks like a problem I once solved before is back. This scene looks simple enough, can you upload it for me (http://corona-renderer.com/upload) so I can debug it and release a hotfix?
Today i am in a rush with the other part of this Project. I hope i am able to send you the file tomorrow.
Do you whant the Scene as an Archive send via mail or we Transfer?
Attached is the simplest example scene demonstrating this bug: A cube, one animated cam. Result of frame 5 is a mix of frame 4 and 5 (see jpg). The passes are set very high to get at least something from a slave.
I´m SURE it´s just one line somewhere in the code to change, please do
Fixed (hopefully… please test ;)) - see the folder “2015-03-09 DR server” here Dropbox - Error - Simplify your life - just replace the executable on your render nodes
yes, I needed only one scene to identify why it never happened to me - there is internally huge difference between using “frames 4,5” and using “range 4-5”. Some command line switches do not work with the first option…
