Message-ID: <2084867062.8919.1711707369272.JavaMail.confluence@host3.pipelinefx.com> Subject: Exported From Confluence MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_Part_8918_1477054105.1711707369272" ------=_Part_8918_1477054105.1711707369272 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: file:///C:/exported.html Qube 6.7 Jobtypes Release Notes

Qube 6.7 Jobtypes Release Notes

What's ne= w in Qube 6.7 jobtypes

Anything new in 6.7 jobtypes?

3ds Max 6.7-2 Job= type

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 15487 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@CHANGE: 3dsmax jt: added back r= ender elements support to the default scan line renderer

ZD: 15441

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 15475 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: add support in 3dsmax jobt= ype to display 16-bit logging output that was introduced in 3ds Max 2016

JIRA: QUBE-1210
ZD: 14492

3ds Max 6.7-1 Job= type

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 14588 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@NEW: 3dsMax V-Ray DBR jobs can = display the V-Ray frame buffer on the submitting machine to allow the end-u= ser to easily monitor DBR render in progress

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 14561 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@NEW: add ability to not render = on master for 3dsMax V-Ray DBR

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 14510 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@CHANGE: 3dsMax V-Ray DBR jobs c= an now start once all satellite instances are running, or the master node w= ill "collect" satellite nodes for a set period of time and then s= tart with less than the full complement; unstarted instances are immediatel= y set to "complete" since they won't be able to contribute once t= he master has started the render
@NEW: add callbacks that kill or fail= all instances as soon as the master running on instance 0 is killed or fai= led

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 14256 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: tweak the args to Win32::P= rocess to properly pass the -port argument to vrayspawner

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 14240 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: a few issues causing Vray = DR jobs from running properly.

* VR= ay.ms: properly escape spaces and backslashes in file path args to &quo= t;renameFile" via gQube.util.executeCommand.

* VR= ay.ms: add missing parens to invocation of prepareDistributedRender()

* VR= ay.ms: fixed typo "rawFielName" in prepareRawFile(), which wa= s causing error: Unknown property: "count" in undefined

* qbUtilStruct.ms: fixed type "optinos" in myAssert

* u= tils.pm: made sure to use DOS line ending, CRLF, or "\r\n", w= hen creating the vray_dr.cfg file in createVRayDR_CFG_File()

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 14212 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: added workaround to a newl= y introduced bug in 3ds max 2016 maxscript, when writing to a dotnet named = pipe stream.

This was causing false negatives during output file check in the jobtype= ,
causing frames to fail when they're actually fine.

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 14174 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: fix issue where jobs will = fail on some systems, complainging about a missing folder "C:\qbDebug&= quot;, or being unable to write to a text file inside it.

 

3ds Max 6.7-0a J= obtype

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.7-x.

@FIX: issue with jobtype generating an error about the folder "C:\q= bDebug" and failing.

 

3ds Max 6.7-0 Job= type

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.7-x.

There were a number of internal changes in this version to improve stabi= lity
and ease future enhancements.

Please note that we have dropped support for earlier versions of 3ds Max= . Now
the supported versions are 3ds Max 2010 and above. The "leg= acy mode" has also
been discontinued, accordingly.

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13849 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@NEW: add support for 3ds Max 20= 16 and 3ds Max Design 2016

JIRA: QUBE-792

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13735 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@CHANGE: V-Ray DBR jobs in 3dsMa= x can now start immediately, hosts can join in as they become available

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13733 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@CHANGE: 3dsmax job.conf jobtype= version to 6.7-0. Also removed legacy parameters.

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13243 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: a few key bug fixes to the= 3dsmax jobtype

@FIX: translate forward-slashes to backslashes in the path to
m= axscriptServer.ms, which was causing UNC paths to break (for centralizi= ng
the jobtype)

@FIX: force-load dotNet's "System.Core" module to avoid random= failure of
creating the named pipe

@FIX: rename "renderJob" maxscript struct to "qbRenderJob= " to avoid name
clashes with custom/3rd-party code.

ZD: 12587
JIRA: QUBE-644, QUBE-650, QUBE-651

@FIX: issue with the perl-side buffer-reading code, where it would
= incorrectly disconnect and die if the read-buffer contained data size
= divisible by 512 bytes.

Maya 6.7-0 Jobtype<= /h1>

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.7-x.

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13889 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: excutable search was parti= ally broken, not searching in all relevant directories.

ZD: QUBE-839

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13817 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@NEW: add Maya 2016 support to l= oadOnce "maya" jobtype

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13783 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@NEW: add support for QB_VRAY_IN= STALL_ROOT environment variable, which can be specified to allow the v-ray = DR slave job instances to find the vray.exe program installed in a non-stan= dard location.

ZD 13000

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13360 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: support 'use all cores' fo= r Maya LoadOnce mentalray renders
@CHANGE: expose 'use all cores' widg= et in maya submission UI

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13344 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: mentalray for maya 2012 an= d later only supports 4 slaves
@CHANGE: selecting mentalray DBR sets u= pper limit on job.cpus, sets instance count to max.

=3D=3D=3D=3D CL 13110 =3D=3D=3D=3D
@FIX: fixed sceneMayaVersion() r= outine to correctly parse Maya ASCII (.ma) files for the required maya vers= ion.

ZD12407

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