- #Vray distributed rendering zip file#
- #Vray distributed rendering zip#
- #Vray distributed rendering windows#
The same holds true of your scene uses a large quantity of map files that are stored in a central location. If your frames render quickly, you'll need a fast file server machine to handle the constant output from a number of different rendering servers. You can use this explanation to help determine the basic requirements for your network rendering setup, based on the type of usage. If the queue contains additional jobs, the Server picks up the next job and starts the process all over again. The Server then closes 3ds Max, and goes idle.The Server continues rendering frames for the job until the job is done.This minimizes the amount of communication needed between the Server and Manager. Once a Server successfully renders one frame, the Manager assigns a block of frames to the server to render it might assign 20 consecutive frames.When a frame is finished rendering, 3ds Max on the Server saves the frame to the location specified via the Render Setup dialog before you submitted it.However, if the maps and XRefs were included, then 3ds Max will get the ones that were unzipped into the \ServerJob folder. This is why it is important to use UNC paths for all maps and XRefs in your scene file, so that all render servers can find them. If it does not find the maps and XRefs, the server fails for that particular job. If there are additional map paths set in the 3dsmax.ini file on the rendering server, it will search in those paths as well.
For instance, if an XRef is in d:\foo\xref.max, the Server will look for xref.max in d:\foo\ on the local machine. If the maps and XRefs were not included, the Server searches for them as they are defined in the MAX file.
#Vray distributed rendering windows#
#Vray distributed rendering zip#
Each Server machine receives the ZIP and XML files into these folders:.(This is the Max Concurrent Assignments setting on the Manager General Properties dialog. It assigns the job to four servers at a time. Once the Manager receives the ZIP and XML files, it looks to see which servers are sitting idle and can render jobs.In the folder is an XML file describing the job itself, specifying frame size, output filename, frame range, render settings, and so on. For Windows Vista and Windows 7: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\backburner\Jobs\.