Whats the word on the street? I am hanging out for it, the company has decided its not buying till its released and proven it has good DR 
Hi
Im using a beta version at the moment which is a couple of stages away from 1.5 and take it from me that DR is now superb and very reliable,
Start stop isnt a problem now..
This sounds like very good news! Natty, do you mean that cancelling a job is much safer now? Because that has kept me from using DR quite much. I have the habit to hit render and then realize I forgot one setting…cancel…change…hit render again…hmm renderslaves don’t (or didn’t?) like these quick actions.
Ive been using the new and improved DR in production now for 2 weeks and i havent restarted the vray Spawner’s(on 10 machines) Once ! … you can cancel, then press render straight away …and bang, there in again, no stalling, no errors … its a god send for vray DR Lovers !!!
Great news Natty, thanks for sharing 8) Looking forward to it.
this is good news
can it handle textures being in different locations on different machines?
or can it have the host distribute them, along with the file?
thats something that you ‘need’ (kinda can work around it but its easier to have this feature)
im from final render and we have this and its wonderful
As long as your network is configured properly then you shouldnt have a problem.
As for an eta on an arrival … well i rang the wife 10 mins ago asking the eta on my supper …she said it will be ready when its ready … :lol:
did you slap her? :lol:
Can you add more machines on the fly?
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Can you add more machines on the fly? …im afraid not … my wish is for DR to be like backburner … im in love that damn program…
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the things is though that they had it working once apun a time to be able to include and exclude machines on the fly. i remember when DR 1st came out and me and torgeir had advanced copies we were actually doing DRs on our computers across the atlantic and he was on a laptop with wireless internet hehe. naturally it was a simple scene though.
THAT is something I would love to see. Would be nice to share render time with a group of individuals each having a small render farm. Grouped together, and scheduled right, could be a win-win for all involved.
and be sure to atleast have an 10(0)mbit line up and down though as network traffic is heavy between the master and each node.
Even after scene and maps are xferred?
just upgraded my network to gigabit, got the money ready and im waiting for 1.5 to come out for my purchase
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yes i realise that if i buy now i get all upgrades to 1.5 anyways, but i want 1.5 and all upgrades to whatever 
actually if you buy 1.5 your stuck there then have to buy what comes after it. 1.5 is the end point on the liscence we bought. not the beginning point on another set of upgrades. so when you wait till 1.5 is out you will buy something that wont be upgrading anymore for free after that and whats more you will be jumping into using something your not familiar with with lots of options. i assume if you buy now then you get to learn vray starting now. then when 1.5 comes out with its new features it wouldnt take as long to get used to them.
thats a wierd way to do it. usually you buy a major version and you get from 1.5 to 1.999999* then 2.0 will cost more to 2.4999999*
or are they going to release 1.5 then start fresh on 2.0 ?
maybe 1.5 will be a pivot point. those who bought 1.0 get upgraded for free up till 1.5 and those who buy after the release of 1.5 will get upgraded till 2.0 but the 1.0 boys need to upgrade their liscence