RPC Help! (network rendering)

[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

[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.