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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] Bug Reporting => [Max] Resolved Bugs => Topic started by: JViz on 2019-12-29, 13:34:22

Title: Corona license deactivated mid-render
Post by: JViz on 2019-12-29, 13:34:22

I use a second computer as a render farm, I keep it mostly disconnected from the internet because there's no need for it there and I manage the computer over the LAN connection. but i do connect it regularly to make updates.
last night I was using Backburner as usual and corona's license deactivated mid render, the render was running for 8 hours and still a few hours remaining, it gave back an error render start or something saying that the renderer was unable to run. I ran 3dsmax on that machine and there it was, corona asked for activation!
I enabled the internet connection and activated corona again, restarted the job on backburner and it worked normally.

my complaint is that, why would corona stop mid render for activation? when in fact the license is a fairsaas and confirmed less than a week prior? why is there a need to stay connected to your servers, after the fact of paying for my license? this deactivation cost me time and money and it was not the first time!

Title: Re: Corona license deactivated mid-render
Post by: rowmanns on 2020-01-02, 09:49:22

Hi,

I will ask our development team about this. I have experienced it myself and I get that this can be quite annoying.

Thanks,

Rowan

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Title: Re: Corona license deactivated mid-render
Post by: rowmanns on 2020-01-09, 12:22:34

Hi,

Were you rendering an animation when this happened? Or did the license deactivate midway through a single frame rendering?

Thanks,

Rowan

Title: Re: Corona license deactivated mid-render
Post by: JViz on 2020-01-29, 09:26:19

Quote from: rowmanns on 2020-01-09, 12:22:34

Hi,

Were you rendering an animation when this happened? Or did the license deactivate midway through a single frame rendering?

Thanks,

Rowan

I believe it was mid render of a single frame.

Title: Re: Corona license deactivated mid-render
Post by: rowmanns on 2020-01-29, 16:32:25

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me. I may have a solution to this problem to ensure that it doesn't happen again.

I would recommend using the licensing server on a machine which has internet access, now when any machine on the LAN without an active Corona Renderer license starts rendering, it will use the Licensing Server to obtain a license instead of asking for a license.

Full instructions can be found here:
https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000618553-corona-licensing-server

Let me know if this works for you.

Cheers,

Rowan