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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: TeamRender error "Aborting synchronization: dumpExr failed"

« on: 2018-11-11, 20:32:20 »

Not sure if this is related, but are all materials in your scene Corona materials?
If i have a c4d material in the scene, all clients disconnect but the main machine continues to render.

Are all plugins used, installed on all clients? In c4d preferences TR/ Client/ "Handle Warning As Error" disabled?

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Your experience with teamrender

« on: 2018-11-07, 22:08:43 »

Thanks Tom,
same CPU, server 64GB, node 32GB ram. I monitored ram usage on node os level - only about 58MB (edit:) swap used.
Both machine benchmark around 4 min.

Test image size: 3000x2000
Tex folder 850MB. Does it make sense to copy project to "Local Repository Path"?
I usually render jobs to 4050x2700px, higher than that and I'm often running out of memory.
What would be better TR config settings for this image size?

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[C4D] General Discussion / Your experience with teamrender

« on: 2018-11-07, 21:01:39 »

Hi,
I’m currently using Corona version: B2 on mac R18 on server and client.
I’m testing a scene that takes 39:28 min to render to noise level 5% on my main machine.
When adding 1 node in teamrender the render time goes to 29:29 min.
I didn’t expect render times to be cut in half, but definitely better than what I get.
Corona render settings “TR” is set to automatic. Network: wired 1 gigabit LAN.

I plan to use 1 corona license with 3 nodes (if that’s what we’ll get when released)
and send larger jobs that require faster turnaround / more compute power to a render farm. I only do still images.
If the LAN is a bottleneck, would upgrading to a 10 gigabit make sense?
I’m not even sure the gigabit is saturated as it is.

What’s your experience regarding TR?
Any tips on how to minimize overhead / get faster renderings?
How well do additional nodes scale?

Thanks.

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[C4D] Resolved Bugs / Re: IES light not rendering in team render.

« on: 2018-10-31, 16:27:17 »

Okay, so I have tested the file. At first, it didn't work, then I copied your ies to the Corona ies folder on both of my machines. And added it again in the light settings, directing it to Corona's ies folder. The second render worked.

Thanks for testing.
So, that means the TR client can't pull the .ies from the TR server machine like it does with image files in the tex folder. Is this a bug or a feature?
Not very intuitive if the ies file needs to be copied to every single TR machine by hand.
Maybe a note in the corona light ies section avoids confusion.

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[C4D] Resolved Bugs / Re: IES light not rendering in team render.

« on: 2018-10-31, 15:37:54 »

Still not working.
I'm on B2 rc 2 (core 3 (DailyBuild Oct 10 2018). Nothing related in changelogs till RC4
It must be how c4d handles relative paths in TR.
My workaround is to install the .ies file in every content browser.
Please check if attached scene works for you in TR.
Thanks.

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[C4D] Resolved Bugs / IES light not rendering in team render.

« on: 2018-06-22, 20:55:55 »

Version: B2 daily May 30 2018 (core 2 DailyBuild May 30 2018) (same version on all nodes)
Cinema version: CINEMA 4D Studio R18.057
OS: Mac OSX 10.10.5

Hi all,
I'm using a IES file located in the "ies" folder, inside the project folder.
The IES renders fine when "render to picture viewer" on my main machine, but does not render when "team render to PV". Just the corona light renders without using the ies file.
I also tried the IES file placed in the "tex" folder (of course updated the path in corona light).
The ies only renders if the path looks like this "./filename.ies"  or "./ies/filename.ies"
If the dot in front is removed  "/filename.ies" or just "filename.ies" the light will not render.
I would assume with "filename.ies" c4d finds the file in the "tex" folder, but that's not the case.

It might be related to how c4d on mac os handles relative paths?

As a workaround I tried to use the UHD cache saved from "render to pv"
and load the file when using team render without success.
I looks like Corona still needs the ies file to calculate the light.

Can other mac c4d users confirm if ies lights work in team render.
Any ideas for a workaround?

Thank you.