Network Lens Flare
6 messages in this thread
Hi everyone,
I'm having problems with network rendering using IPAS Lens
Flare.
When I render my scene locally (not in slave mode) it works
perfectly.
When I set the job up for all the other machines to render
they produce the frames but my sun object has no flare assigned
to it.
There are no errors in the log file – all the slaves have access
to the flare.ixp on my network drive.
As a test I substituted hilight for flare – and all the slaves
rendered it fine, under exactly the same conditions as flare.
I seem to remember there being an update for lens flare, was this
just to cope with R3's 64 bit rendering calculations or did it also
address network rendering??
Hopefully….
Andy Roberts
BITS Corporation
P.S. Is there a contact number in the UK for ordering flock, drape,
vortex etc??
Andy:
The R3 version on lens flare was to make it compatible with the 64 bit
renderer. If you use the old r2 version you will get an 8 bit dithered render.
It will be most noticeable on color gradients that will band. As far as your
network is concerned, I suggest doing what everybody else does successfully.
Place a copy of your IPAS modules and maps in each slaves drive in the
appropriate directory. Not only will you eliminate the problems you just
mentioned but also will speed up your network rendering process.
Andy, the update for Flare.ixp is partly to address 64-bit color issues in R3
and partly to address network rendering. You need it! The new IPAS catalog
explains how to get the update (back page).
– G
I believe IPAS routines must be in unique directories on EACH net machine,
whether your log file says it's fine or not.
John Tissavary (LUNA cie)
I believe the update also addressed network rendering.
Dave