Hello Studio, Yes sounds like the same experience as mine. RendW full of errors and crashes, PRS.exe reporting no instructions, just a blank Dos window.. I too have recently upgraded some of my network to 1Gigbit, and the machines that work are still running on the old cards and the ones that don't work are with the new 1Gigbit cards. All cards are routed through the same stand alone switch. Do you think this could be part of the problem ?
Arjo, Are you running service pack 3 on all machines ? Thanks, Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arjo Rozendaal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:58 PM Subject: RE: Network rendering > It's not quite clear to me what problems you have. > I'm running PRS in a 6 computer setup without much problems. > The only error I get on a regular basis is that RendW/RendD have a bug > putting arguments in the wrong field at startup sometimes. > (I've got RendW in the startup folder of all my machines) > Just want to let you know that it should work, it's not a completely broken > system. > > Arjo. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of studio > > Sent: donderdag 11 januari 2007 23:41 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Network rendering > > > > > > > I am running PRS.exe on the main machine and not on the others. > > > I have not enabled the automatic PRS system with RendW as it > > just crashes my > > > system and often corrupts/loses the rendering settings. > > > > Hi Chris : > > > > OK , I could not get PRS to run at all , in any way . I get > > nothing but error messages at all turns . However , the simple > > basic Dist Rendering method that is in the first part of my > > Wiki Tutorial works perfectly (on 3 computers) . > > > > I have the same D-link network I always had , but I have > > changed my High speed connection and had to re-install my > > Router S/W , but it is running perfectly so can probably > > be discounted as problematic . > > > > The only other difference has been the service pack up- > > grades . I would suspect a minor bug in PRS.exe . It won't > > even run on any of my computers and PRSW ("W" for "Window") > > only reports a constant error message . > > > > From here I would suspect that RS3D is not using PRS.exe > > at all but are only using RenD.exe . If that is the case, > > go back to using RenD.exe _only_ . Turn off anything that > > corresponds with PRS(W).exe as it may just be confounding > > things . > > > > What happens when you double click on PRS.exe (not PRSW.exe)? > > Is there any info in the DOS window , or is it just blank > > (mine's just blank on all 3 computers) . > > > > studio > > > > > > > > > > > Hello studio > > > > > > Without your tutorial I would not have even got this far. > > > I am running PRS.exe on the main machine and not on the others. > > > I have not enabled the automatic PRS system with RendW as it > > just crashes my > > > system and often corrupts/loses the rendering settings. > > > > > > Chris Sellars > > > Morsel Animation > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:10 PM > > > Subject: Re: Network rendering > > > > > > > > > > Hi Chris : > > > > > > > > Sorry , not a lot of time right now , and actually behind on > > > > my mails (and everything else), but ... > > > > > > > > Are you using PRS ? If not , try it . I have 3 machines and > > > > I have not tried it with SP3 , but maybe later today . Anyway, > > > > I have a very small tute on the Wiki . > > > > http://rs3dwiki.the-final.info/index.php?title=Distributed_Rendering > > > > > > > > At the bottom are suggestions for using PRS that worked very > > > > well for me . They may not be 100% correct , but I did not > > > > get any feedback saying it was wrong either . > > > > > > > > Take a look and if you find any errors in my tute let me know. > > > > > > > > Good Luck . > > > > > > > > studio > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > > > I currently have 5 machines running on my network, of which I > > can use 3 > > > for Realsoft rendering. For some > > > > reason I am getting errors with the other 2. > > > > I also wish to add 2 further machines to bring the network up > > to 7, but > > > before I get ambitious, I need > > > > Realsoft to work with the others. > > > > > > > > I have attached the error I get with one of the machines. If > > anyone knows > > > what this error code means, that may > > > > be very helpful. > > > > This machine also has a cable modem attached with a firewall, but even > > > with this disconnected and the firewall > > > > disabled, I still get the error. > > > > > > > > Here are the things I have tried so far: > > > > > > > > Re-install Realsoft onto the C: drive > > > > Ensure RendD is running > > > > Ensure RendW is not running > > > > Rename machine on network (in case there was a problem with the name) > > > > > > > > None of these things have made a difference and I have been > > wrestling with > > > this for 2 days. > > > > Any help, much appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Chris Sellars > > > > Morsel Animation > > > > > > > > > > > > PS on the UV mapping problem from earlier, I ended up > > rotating the view of > > > my SDS model, saving several of > > > > these views to a photo program, stitching them all back together and > > > removing any areas that crossed over one > > > > another, then reloaded this final image into the UV editor as > > a backdrop. > > > Then I went throught the tedious > > > > task of remapping all my points to this image. It works, but > > its very time > > > consuming. > > > > Definitely worth a proper unwrap tool being added to the Realsoft > > > wish-list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release > > Date: 1/9/2007 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > > Version: 7.5.428 / Virus Database: 268.13.21/510 - Release Date: > > > 01/11/2006 08:00 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 1/9/2007 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.428 / Virus Database: 268.13.21/510 - Release Date: 01/11/2006 08:00 >
