Hi. I have a laptop with a copy of 3ds max installed as a “workstation” and not as a renderslave. Is it not possible to use this machine as a renderslave even though i have installed the full version of 3ds max.? Martin

Of course it’s possible to use it as a render slave; it has all the necessary files. Just make sure you run a backburner render first. Best regards, Vlado

Ok. So what you are saying you can’t use the distributed render when having 2 workstations.? That was my question. So do you mean that it is only possible to do it through backburner.?

Is it not possible to use vray in DR without Backburner? Is it needed in 2013? I’mm still using 3dsmax 2011 Thanks in advance

I believe Vlado was telling you that: A: Yes, you can use DR between any two machines, regardless of whether they were installed as workstations or render slaves. A render slave installation is generally a subset of the full installation so you should be just fine. B: No, you do not absolutely ha…

See my reply to 3Dvizual… -Alan

Alan is right, sorry if my reply was confusing. Best regards, Vlado

OK. Thanks. What is the approch for setting up DR between two “workstations”.? Do you turn on 3ds max as you normal would do on a workstation on the “slave” computer or ??? What about plugins considering this setup.? Sorry, but I am a bit newbie on this area..

What is the approch for setting up DR between two “workstations”.? In order to set a DR job between two machines you have to enable DR option on the main machine ( Chaos: Industry-leading design and visualization software ), set the IP of the slave machine in the server name list and start DR spawne…

I have a new problem. I have bought a new laptop (dell m6700) which I would like to to use as a renderslave. But I can’t PING my laptop. Is there something “you” always should do when you buy a new pc and would like to use D.R.? I can ping my Main computer from my laptop but not the other way arou…

Use a "workstation" as a renderslave

V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max General

Zdravko January 9, 2013, 1:17pm 16

There was a DR issue with 3dconnexion before which was fixed in the latest official builds.
Which exact build are you using?

Grant Warwick- Mastering Vray: Material Ideas Needed.

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