Hi Jon This is the major reason why we switched to the arc Licences. The EDU, Commercial and the Free Student version all had interop issues. The worst begin the contamination from the free version. What we do now is allow the students to bring in their own workstations and we lend them a licences for the duration of the course. That way we ensure that we are all on the same version,.
Its bloody stupid that we have to do that . But its the only way we could practically not run into batch render issues. From: Jon Hunt <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Friday 25 April 2014 at 9:47 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Free Student version of Softimage - Doesn't allow batch render - Any workarounds Hi all, I put this on the Royal render mailing list with no response. I have a simple render farm setup using Royal Render at the University I work at using the idle workstations. I have come across an issue where Royal Render aborts the render because my students files have at some point been worked on a at home (the free edition). When they bring files from their home setup it seems to add a flag to the file that it was created on a student version. When they continue working on it on the uni machines the flag does get removed even though they are some way down the line with their work and go to render. This problem gets compounded when using reference models that are also contiminated! Contaminated is the right word!! A scene export sometimes does the trick if imported to a project that has been created on the Uni's workstations (because its not a free copy) Yes there is a work around but it is a hindrance as they have to re light scenes(if using physical sky shader)/ setup passes again( I am aware of the add-on they could use for exporting pass data and have pointed them in that direction) Has any one a simpler solution/genius script to remove the flag? It is getting a little daft now the amount of fixing I have had to do today. Any feedback would much appreciated Thanks, Jon <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
