If you used the default *scene output* (mine is set to which might be default I can't remember) which is *[Project Path]/Render_Pictures/[scene]* and that gives me the output of *\\server\share\projects\project\Render_Pictures\Scene* and that suggests to me that my project (or scene) was saved through the network path originally (we have a mapped drive to so it could have said *M:/project/*)
In fact I tested it and it does do that. So maybe try saving your scene by browsing to \\machine_a\ ? Mirko's way will also work but I like network paths :) Simon Reeves London, UK *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com>* *www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk>* On 2 December 2013 09:33, David Rivera <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Mirko, that´s a great hack. I´ll try it once I get to the office. > I really hope it works. I´ve been pulling my hair out over this the whole > week. > Even wrote to the Deadline software guys... > > Bests. > David. > > > > > On Monday, December 2, 2013 4:30 AM, Mirko Jankovic < > [email protected]> wrote: > What I found helpful is to have for example setup like this: > > 1st computer: hard drive with letter W: and projects on it > 2nd computer: mapped hardrive also to use letter W: but pointing to > network location ie shared drive from 1st computer. > In that case you don;t need to think about all those network paths and > stuff... it will always be W:\[project folder] no matter which computer you > use. > > So w: is assigned letter to 1st computer work hard drive with projects on > it, that whole drive is shared and then on second computer you map network > drive and assign it same letter, in my case w: > > Hope it helps > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 10:01 AM, David Rivera < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, I recently wrote to the guys at Thinkbox software: Deadline, to get a > free evaluation from them. > I got the software download link, and installed the Repository on my > "server" machine (which is another normal machine on the network), and the > executable apps (monitor, launcher, slave, etc..) on the slaves. > > I created my scene on a slave machine named "A_machine" and send the > current job to deadline. > I activate my second slave "B_Machiner" (I´m on free version with 2 or > less slaves), and on the monitor (I activate the monitor from A_Machine, to > put my B_Machine available as slave for the render). > > My softimage project targets the output render to itself through network > path : //Machine_A/xsi_project/Render_Pictures so my B_Machine could have > access to the render. I also shared the folder so it can > be accessed through the network. > > But my Machine_B keeps thinking the render should be locally (as the local > path of my A_Machine) and thus > generates ERROR 200 - file location not available. > > I´ve read the manual and it mentions all locations should be available not > as relative but as complete path location, which is what I´ve checked > through the entire process. > I might be overlooking somewhere, but I have no previous experience with > Deadline. > > Could someone lead me into the right process of creating jobs and sending > them through a network of 2 machines? Please? > Thanks. > > David. > > > > >
