Network Rendering

[Vince Paske]

Has anyone deployed network rendering for Max6 yet? I don't see any "compact install" option.

[nisus]

not yet ;-(

 

nisus

[Craig Ramsay]

Yeah it works fine. I just did a full install on all machines... you get the tick box options after you hit the install button. These let you controll what is installed and what isn't.

 

Craig

[Vince Paske]

Thanks, but still don't see it Craig. The tick boxes, at least on my install disk do not have a compact install. There's the application, which let's you choose between a stand alone license or a network license (I use a network license and don't want to install the full version on every machine for network rendering), documentation, samples, architectural materials, SDK and character studio.

What gives?

[abicalho]

Look for Start > Discreet > Backburner 2, instead of 3dsmax.

 

Network Rendering is managed by Backburner.

 

Alexander

[Craig Ramsay]

Don't you get a tick box option that gives you the choice of what you want to install? Kind of like this:

 

[Vince Paske]

Thanks Craig. That is the tick box I get as well. It's the next step, when you click click on "install", there is no compact install option.

Alexander, I understand that Backburner controls network rendering, my question was where is the option to install a " compact install " on several machines. Backburner is installed, or upgraded from Max5 automatically when you install Max6.

[Craig Ramsay]

Well if you just install the application without all the other stuff then that is exactly what the compact install button used to do. A compact install is just the application and nothing else

[Vince Paske]

Thanks for your replies, and patience Craig. I incorporate the install into a ghosting process for all the new workstations in our office, so I wanted to make sure I'm doing this right and not going to run into a licensing debacle after installing it on several machines.