Hi Mirko. I mapped a drive in the slave machine2, so it can be accessible from all locations as
W:\XSI_Project\Render_Pictures On the Render manager on xsi, I go to the render channels output and configure it as: W:\XSI_Project\Render_Pictures On the Archive tab, I also configure it like so: W:\XSI_Project\Render_Pictures All this on my origin machine (slave machine1) from where the job is sent to deadline. I tried checking: "Submit .xsi scene file to deadline" and it´s no good. Also I tried unchecked and sending the job, but still Slave 2 machine DOESN´T add itslef to render the job.. Does anyone have a videosetup and the steps to be taken in softimage to render something in free-slave mode demo with their Deadline free to try mode? Thanks. David R. On Monday, December 2, 2013 2:19 PM, Mirko Jankovic <[email protected]> wrote: You can map any drive letter you wan't, my main comp has like 3 additional drives, while other computers have only 1 ssd with system, and they are all working from mapped drive letter which is on my main computer on raid 10 drive. Not sure maybe I misunderstood current problem but hope you find good answer :) On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 6:41 PM, David Rivera <[email protected]> wrote: 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. >> >> >> > > >
