Vray Thread script problem for DR

[Brad79]

Hi guys,

 

I've just set up a renderfarm using vray DR. I have one master machine and 4 servers all of which are quad core. After running the script 'renderers.current.system_numThreads=4' I have managed to get all the cores working at once. However......when I set vray to render frames of an animation, all the frames appart from the first revert to using only one core per machine. It is as if the max script is turning itself off after the first frame has rendered.

 

If anyone could shed any light on this, that would be great.

 

Thanks,

 

Brad.

[Tommy L]

You shouldn't need to run a script to make the Quads use all four cores. They should make like Nike and Just Do It.

What versions of max, vray and windows are you running?

[Brad79]

Cheers for the quick reply Tommy.

 

Im using Max 9, Vray 1.5RC3, on Windows XP SP2 32bit.

 

When I render without the script, it just uses one bucket for each server. Using the script enables all the buckets (4 for each server) and it renders really fast! When the second frame starts, it stops using the servers and only seems to use the master machine (showing 8 buckets named master).

 

I have checked the task manager of the servers and they are all showing almost 0% usage.

[Tommy L]

Check the Affinity in task manager on the local machines.

[dbibb]

Why are you still on a Release Candidate? This is fixed with the final release or subsequent service packs of 1.5.