Simon, thanks. I think that //[path] in the original Softimage file is my problem. I will try that option as well. Mirko, I just realized my original machine where the Softimage project was created, has an extra drive letter, the other slave machine doesn´t have. So I can´t map it the way you mentioned. Though I will try to recreate the path from the HDD on the origin machine and the slave as a test aside.
Thank you guys. I hope this will get me through. Otherwise I will have to think on satellite rendering from softimage. And that I already tried asking around the list in about may, this year. Bests. David. On Monday, December 2, 2013 6:03 AM, Simon Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: 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] www.simonreeves.com 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. > > >
