…first things first, has anyone done a succesful network deployment of version 1.5RC2?
if i can get an answer to that question, then i can start to troubleshoot my problems.
typically i use bat files to update all of the computers on our farm. i can’t seem to get vray 1.5 to update properly. when i send a job to render, i copntinously receive errors saying that dll’s and dlr’s are missing.
the wierd thing is, i do a search, and these files are located intheir proper directory.
if i sit in front of each machine, and do a manual install from the .exe, everything works fine.
perhaps you forgot some files? Also note that it is crucial to seperate some plugins into a vrayplugins folder. It’s not possible to put all plugins into the plugin root, because the render dll has to be loaded before the other vrayplugins can load. There are also files in the max root, but I suppose you are aware of them.
Ah yes - it depends on the order of files in your plugin.ini - as far as I know the additional vray plugins are dependant on the main vrender.dlr and so on being loaded so make sure that the “additional vray plugins” line is at the end of the plugins being loaded.
i am still having problems. in previous deployments, i scripted the files to just copy to the individual directories on each renderfarm compauter, without installing them. this time, i can only get Vray to work on the renderfarm if I sit in front of each computer, and run the .exe install file.
we have an email into chaos group to see if there is a way to deploy the .exe file over the server for the rednerfarm update, but we have not heard back from them yet.
Additional MAX plug-ins=\\kadrive3\visual\renderfarm\installs\3dsmax8_installed\plugins\
V-Ray additional plug-ins=\\kadrive3\visual\renderfarm\installs\3dsmax8_installed\plugins\vrayplugins
mental ray User Manual=\\kadrive3\visual\renderfarm\installs\3dsmax8_installed\Help\mr_reference.chm
RPC Help=\\kadrive3\visual\renderfarm\installs\3dsmax8_installed\plugins\rpc.chm
SimCloth3 reference=\\kadrive3\visual\renderfarm\installs\3dsmax8_installed\help\simcloth3.chm
NVIDIA Help=\\kadrive3\visual\renderfarm\installs\3dsmax8_installed\help\MAXtremeEN.chm
Pro Booleans Reference=\\kadrive3\visual\renderfarm\installs\3dsmax8_installed\\Help\probooleans.chm