Hi Frank,
I'm aware of problems with network rendering. The last beta just before
releasing seemed to have solved it. Well at least on my little farm.
But now V6 has been released it's clear that it's not fixed for
everyone. Did you try to run the 32 bit version on your 64bit windows?
Now that RS has two different names for the 32 and 64bit versions, you
can install them both on a 64bit system.
Arjo.
Frank Bueters wrote:
Arjo, you're right when you mean to say that it's intended to work that way.
But I think users who are about to go out and buy 64 bit OS's should be
aware there's a bug in the network rendering that makes some mixed 64/32 bit
networks freez. Realsoft is aware of this and it is their aim to have the
bug fixed by SP1.
In the meantime a workaround can be to turn things around and make one of
the 32 bit computers the host for network rendering jobs.
Regards and Merry X-Mas to you all,
Frank Bueters
Hi Brandon,
You can mix 32 and 64 bit without problems. Didn't you see
that I wrote that only my workstation is running on 64bit and
all the slaves are on 32bit?
Arjo.
Brandon wrote:
Hi Arjo,
So as Mark stated, the slaves must be 64 bit if that is what the
workstation is running, yes? Just want to be sure... I had never
thought about it being a problem using my old 32bit
machines as slaves
with a new 64bit machine. Too bad money for new hardware
doesn't grow
on trees :)
Brandon
Hi Mark,
I'm pleased to inform you that you can keep at least some of your
money in your pocket ;)
32 and 64 bit can be mixed without problems.
The slaves don't need to be as heavily equipped as the
main work station.
Only my workstation is running on 64bit, all the slaves
are still on 32bit.
When I render an image of my rather complex city it takes
3.2 G RAM
on my workstation.
But for the slaves 1 Gig of RAM is enough.
I used to have slaves with 512 K, but that has become too
little, so
I updated them to 1 or 2 Gig.
Arjo.
Mark Heuymans wrote:
Hi Arjo,
Oops, right... that also means all render slaves have to
be 64bit
and have plenty of RAM when working with large plants.
