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I would say thankyou for the insight, but unfortunately all I can ask is what were you guys smoking when you thought it was a good idea to require a full Max install to make Backburner work correctly, an application that is by it's very nature a server application. Well it's very nice to find a post that finally (after many years of silence) sheds some light on the stupendously frustrating mess that is Backburner.
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Rendering > Network Rendering > Troubleshooting Guide When submitting the render, choose the Advanced option from the Network Job Assignment dialog to open and modify the Advanced Settings as in the screenshot below:-įurther advice on troubleshooting issues with network rendering can be found in the following section of the Autodesk 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design Help documentation. The Timeout variable can be set from the ‘Per Job Timeouts’ section of the Network Job Assignment>Advanced Settings dialog. For example, you are submitting a render job for 3ds Max Design 2011 64-Bit- The other machines on network using Backburner Server only have 3ds Max Design 2011 32-Bit installed- the render will fail when submitted unless you also install 3ds Max Design 2011 64-Bit on all machines to load the Backburner plugin when the job is submitted. If matching version of the Backburner plugin is not installed, the render will fail. The Backburner plugins are installed alongside the install of 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design and are loaded by Backburner on startup. Note: With Backburner, you need to match the version of the Backburner plugins across all machines participating in the Network Render. The only supported method for installing 3ds Max’s backburner plugin onto a Backburner Manager machine is to install 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design on the manager (since 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design installs the Backburner plugins at same time during install) For 3ds Max to be able to specify Timeout override values for the Manager, the Manager needs to load the 3ds Max Backburner plugin to extend the Manager Timeout abilities. Timeout overrides are managed by the Backburner manager. To resolve the issue, follow the steps below:-ġ/ Ensure that 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design is installed alongside Backburner Manager on same machine. In some instances, this can cause renders to Timeout when submitted through Backburner. Even if this is not set from the Network Job Assignment>Advanced Settings dialog, a default value of 600minutes will be used (10 hours) We occasionally see users reporting issues with Timeouts when submitting renders through Backburner for 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design.īackburner has a default setting in minutes which controls the ‘Wait for MAX to render’ setting.