Hybrid (Mac/Win) Network Rendering

[rendertaxi]

i have a question concerning net-rendering in a hybrid network (win-mac).

i have a calculated LC- and IR-Map and want to render the final frames.
now if want to integrate a macbookpro from a friend in the win network to render the vray animation as well it is generally no problem as the mac c4d client works well withn the win c4d server.
i only get problems with the paths to the IR- and LC-Maps as mac os uses different path names when i want to render this particular situation with precalculated lightmaps.

how would one solve this situation so that the mac c4d client finds the IR- and LC-Map....

thanks for any hints.

i post this here again as in the other thread about animation workflow it might get lost and could be of concern to other users.

regards, alex

[DanieleF]

Hi rendertaxi,
in next version we'll copy the saved gi maps in the Tex folder of the create d project for the net render.

Cheers
Daniele

[sketchbook]

this makes me ask: is GI net rendering possible in the current Vray?

[_mats_]

Hi everyone -

I am thinking about migrating to C4D from Lightwave Just because of Vray primarily.

That is one of the questions I have, will I be able to mix PC/Mac nodes and Vray will calculate everything the same?

or will I at least be able to calculate the GI pass and then load the irradiance for it to be used by all the nodes?

thanks -

Matt -

[rendertaxi]

Hi rendertaxi,
in next version we'll copy the saved gi maps in the Tex folder of the create d project for the net render.

Cheers
Daniele

that´s great! :-) thanks.

sketchbook: yes, of course it is. if you mean distributed rendering, that´s not possible now but is apparently being worked on. http://forum.vrayforc4d.com/viewtopic.php?t=58&highlight=distributed

_mats_ : yes, you are able to mix mac/pc when vray will support relative paths for the lightmaps. see this thread for animation workflow:
http://forum.vrayforc4d.com/viewtopic.php?t=86

regards, alex