Using Deadline fixed a lot of the errors but now we don't get any render failures using Vray Standalone. Almost all of our network render errors are causes by 3ds max exceptions. This bypasses 3ds max and renders only on Vray Standalone. I've just started submitting jobs from 3ds max as Vray Standalone (via Deadline). About Autodesk BackburnerAutodeskBackburneris the 3ds Maxnetwork-rendering management software, also used by products such as AutodeskFlameand AutodeskSmoke. The 2018 Install Task Sequences are configured to remove any packaged 2017 Autodesk products before installing the desired package.

Sorry for preaching.Īlso, for anyone having issues with Backburner and using Vray.

A basic, network render manager is absolutely a priority to most 3ds max users. I'd like to repeat here again, this is incorrect. I just wanted renders to complete without generic, unhelpful error codes.Įvery Autodesk employee that I have spoken to over the years has told me Backburner isn't a priority to their users and no further development would be carried out. I didn't want any additional functionality from Backburner. I took me a really long time to make the decision to change as we're a small studio and it's a big expense. The cost is high but when I calculate the time that our team and I have saved, it is a no brainer. Backburner is now, in my opinion, non-functional and we recently paid £2k for Deadline. this year I finally took the plunge and canned it. I have used Backburner with great frustration for 15 years. Autodesk® Backburner can be used with Autodesk products such as, Autodesk® Maya®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Flame®, Flare®, Flame Assist® or Lustre® to manage your render jobs and render nodes while network rendering. We have moved to Deadline because of this issue.

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