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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] I need help! => Topic started by: Cyanhide on 2019-03-14, 00:09:21
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Hi all,
I was wondering, I bought myself a server to use as a renderfarm. So I have no experience with distributed rendering so far.
But I notice when I use distributed rendering my image becomes darker and there is more noise at 250 passes then if I would render it local.
Server runs on Window server 2012 R2.
The server itself has no GPU.. Not sure if that would have anything to do with that.
Kind Regards,
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Looks strange, not like the usual missing environment asset. But anyway:
Are you sure that the slave has access to all needed assets? Use Shift-T and check all paths (enter "ATSOps.CheckNetworkPaths=true" in the max script listener window before, or even better: put this in a script in your scripts\startup directory). All assets should be flagged as "OK" (not only "Found"). However, this looks more like some exposure/gamma issue.
Then:
- The slave max is correctly set to gamma 2.2 I presume?
- Do you have any error/warning in the DrServer window?
- Have you used batch rendering here?
- Which version of Corona and Max is this?
- Do you use a plugin which could cause it? (All used plugins have to be installed on the slave as well)
- Which view/camera is this? (perspective/CoronaCamera/PhysicalCamera...)
- Are the language settings the same on both computers?
- And out of curiosity: what's the reason for running a server OS on the node? :)
there is more noise at 250 passes then if I would render it local.
That's unfortunately always the case when using dr vs. single node when rendering the same amount of total passes.
Good Luck
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Looks strange, not like the usual missing environment asset. But anyway:
Are you sure that the slave has access to all needed assets? Use Shift-T and check all paths (enter "ATSOps.CheckNetworkPaths=true" in the max script listener window before, or even better: put this in a script in your scripts\startup directory). All assets should be flagged as "OK" (not only "Found"). However, this looks more like some exposure/gamma issue.
Then:
- The slave max is correctly set to gamma 2.2 I presume?
- Do you have any error/warning in the DrServer window?
- Have you used batch rendering here?
- Which version of Corona and Max is this?
- Do you use a plugin which could cause it? (All used plugins have to be installed on the slave as well)
- Which view/camera is this? (perspective/CoronaCamera/PhysicalCamera...)
- Are the language settings the same on both computers?
- And out of curiosity: what's the reason for running a server OS on the node? :)
there is more noise at 250 passes then if I would render it local.
That's unfortunately always the case when using dr vs. single node when rendering the same amount of total passes.
Good Luck
I figured it out by now, i didn't have vray installed on the slave, so it was missing the HDRI map.
The machine I bought only works on server lol.
It's a HPE proliant 580 G7, lotta cores, cheap on the web, however for some reason it only connects to the internet with server 2012 lol.
Thanks for the list btw, i might need it in the future lol.
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Glad you solved it!
Just one single OT question:
It's a HPE proliant 580 G7
What's the Corona Benchmark result of this.... beast? 50-60 seconds?
Good Luck
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Glad you solved it!
Just one single OT question:
It's a HPE proliant 580 G7
What's the Corona Benchmark result of this.... beast? 50-60 seconds?
Good Luck
52 seconds! only 500 euros, but loud as hell.
Along with my Threadripper my 2hour render went to 25min, pretty darn crazy :D
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Damn this is shocking fast - and cheap. Crank up your headphones and enjoy the speed :)
Good Luck
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In theme of continuing OT.
Can you specify the cpu's you have in that server?
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4x E7-4870 40 Cores @ 2.4G :)
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4x E7-4870 40 Cores @ 2.4G :)
Damn that's 80 threads. With stuff like this I miss vray with it's buckets, just to see all of them happily bouncing around the render :D