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- Note: The distributed rendering instructions below are designed to work in the ET labs at DVC, unless your computer is on a network with DR Spawners these instructions will not speed up renderings.
- Open the V-Ray options panel and expand the "System" drawer.
- Turn "distributed rendering" on by checking the box. [Premium Content - Login] [Membership Options]
- Click on the hosts button and in the V-Ray Distributed Rendering Settings dialog box, click on the "Find Servers" button.
- The system should find at least 1 "Unused DR Spawner," click Yes to add them to your network.
- If you only found 1 host, you may need to manually add additional hosts. Click on the "Add Server" button and type renderfarm. Click ok. [Premium Content - Login] [Membership Options]
- If you wish to acquire additional servers for your network, you can find the ip addresses of other computers in the lab (see below).
- Open the command prompt on your computer (search for "cmd" and open)
- Type ipconfig into the command line.[Premium Content - Login] [Membership Options]
- Look for the IPv4 address of your computer. It should be something like 10.24.199.3
- Click on the "Add Server" button again and use the first 3 numbers of the IP address of your computer and change the last number to be between 1 and 33. (For example, you could add 10.24.199.1, 10.24.199.2, 10.24.199.12, and 10.24.199.33) Click ok after each IP address.
- Note: You should add up to five (5) render servers. Adding more (unless you have a gigantic rendering to perform) can actually slow down the rendering and cause errors as you wait for other machines to finish.
- Once you have added all of your servers, check the boxes next to each server's name and click the "Resolve Server" button. [Premium Content - Login] [Membership Options]
- Click ok. You should now be able to render using the distributed rendering service. [Premium Content - Login] [Membership Options]