Hi Holger, Thanks for clarifying - it is very helpful.
Cheers Morten > Den 8. januar 2018 klokken 22:31 skrev Schoenberger <[email protected]>: > > > Hi Morten > > The information you have is slightly outdated. > Please see the new help page with that information, the blue text: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.royalrender.de_help8_index.html-3FGPUrender.html&d=DwIB-g&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=gdMr_f37o4bKB7VYty_FMlIAdSBGIG4T-QeCba-XE_s&s=5GH2cSbMNiro6-4KHBj9VdO0YqBQ8cFfTaTXPKjKyk0&e= > You can use Geforce cards within a service since some time. Depending on your > RR version, you have to change the rrClient config and > enable that the GPU is available within a service. > > > The -UITakeOverService is there to run the client as service AND as an > application. > In case you need the application mode sometimes and otherwise log out. > > > Depending on your RR version, you can tell RR to use one GPU per job thread > on each client. > And decide that some threads accept GPU jobs only, while the first one takes > all jobs (e.g. Arnold) > The latest RR support up to 8 job threads. > The rrClient UI and the rrControl client table are showing a summed GPU usage > of each client. > Starting with 8.2 the job thread settings are not part of the client config > preset any more. > Which means you can use the same client config preset for non-GPU and GPU > rendering. > > > > Holger Schönberger > technical director > The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night > > |> -----Original Message----- > |> From: [email protected] [mailto:softimage- > |> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy > |> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 3:48 PM > |> To: Userlist, Softimage <[email protected]> > |> Subject: OTish - Setting RoyalRender up with Redshift ? > |> > |> I am trying to set up RoyalRender for Redshift, and have run into a snag. > |> > |> Holger explains the proces in the documentation like shown below. My > problem is I have no > |> idea how to add a commandline flag in the options of the > RR/win_rrClient.bat link. I am > |> sure many of you have done this, so a nudge in the right direction will > be much > |> appreciated. > |> > |> Thanks - Morten > |> > |> > |> ---------------------------------------------------- > |> Dual Mode: service + interactive application mode > |> ---------------------------------------------------- > |> > |> If you do not have a second GPU card, then you have to start the rrClient > manually in your > |> interactive session (Application Mode). > |> > |> To start the client in interactive mode, you can just add a link to the > win_rrClient.bat > |> file in the RR Root and place it into your "Startup" start-menu folder. > |> > |> > |> The disadvantage of an interactive mode is that you have to login on the > machine. > |> > |> And if you have not setup an (plain password) auto-login, then your > rrClient is not > |> running if you startup the machine. > |> > |> Therefore you can run two clients. > |> Keep the service running as usual. > |> > |> > |> Create a link to RR/win_rrClient.bat (via right-click in windows > explorer). > |> Edit the properties and add the commandline flag -UITakeOverService The > interactive client > |> will start and stays in an invisible mode. > |> The service will disable itself, but it does NOT abort a render that is > in progress. > |> Once the service is disabled, the service puts itself into invisible mode. > |> And the interactive client takes over. > |> > |> > |> You might want to use additional commandline flags like: > |> > |> -IgnoreWorkingHours > |> > |> > |> Do not disable the interactive client during working hours > |> > |> -ShutdownEvenIfLoggedIn > |> > |> > |> Temporally enables the setting "Shutdown even if a user is logged in" > |> > |> -MapGlobalDrives > |> > |> > |> Map the drives set in rrConfig at startup. > |> > |> -NoPassOnClose > |> > |> > |> The Client does not ask for a password if you try to close it. > |> > |> (Overrides the setting rrConfig,Tab Logins "Lock with rrAdmin password") > |> ------ > |> Softimage Mailing List. > |> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" > |> in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
