wil

Hi everyone

I am running 3d max 6 and i am trying to do a network render with a file containing rpc's. All of the backburnner machines have the rpc plug ins & the paths are located to the content folder on the network. BUT...when i open the file on the network manager machine, all is good & the rpcs will render. But when you open the same file on another machine, the rpc's won't render & can't be seen, even in wire frame, they are not visable????

Any help would be greatfully recived

Anyone any ideas???

Woody

Check there not hidden!

If the rpcs are just networked on a machine they sometimes automatically hide themselves. Weird!

wil

Cheers woody, I've tryed that but they're not hidden. I don't know what else to try?

quizzy

try and post this at the archvision site under the technical support.

And be sure that all your renser slaves have the same version of the RPC plug

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Bugga_Guy

I have had this problem before but with viz 4.

1. make sure all the renderfarm computers all have the same version of max6 , with the same rpc plugin version - including 3rd party plugins, if any.
2. If you don't have alot of rpcs you can click "include maps" in the network render option - that may help (but I use that as a last resort)
3. If your .max file is over +/- 100MB be sure to have the "compress on save" checkmarked in your properities.
4. Double check the renderfarm bitmap path - make sure that the farm computers are properly setup with a network path and not individually pathed to the bitmap/rpc directory. Make sure your bitmap path matches that of your host computer - they cannot be different.