What's New in version 8.1+

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These features have been added betwene version 8.0 and version 8.1


New render script for Cinema4D

- Support for Keep Scene Open

- Tiling without multiple scenes

- Change Camera without multiple scenes

- Ability to override image resolution


Maya Redshift watermark mode

By default, RR will now abort if there is no Redshift license.

To render with matermarks, change the renderer to watermark. This will never use any license. (Same as the Arnold watermark mode)


Job data change

Tiled render: Up to 30 slices

More render channels (AOVs): Up to 100, Limit is 10000 chars for all 100 channels.

Fix truncation of long image path/channel by some scene parsers


Control: Reassign on clear error

If clients had been rendering on a job and had been deassigned from it, then the commands Clear Error and Reset ask you if the clients should be re-assigned again.


.ifd.sc and .ass.gz file support for Sequence Checker

The post-script Sequence Checker is now able to detect completed .ifd.sc and .ass.gz files


rrControl: Faster job update

rrControl does only request changed jobs.


Local scene copy settings (Disney/Marvel requirement)

You can now specify the number of days a local scene is kept.

And the client logs all files copied/deleted.


Re-Execute jobs

Create new jobs that re-execute itself if finished after x hours.

Job can be used to collect some data every day/week or sync files every hour.


nodeJS plugin finished

Support now all functions and classes (as the python plugin).

(Dynamic website in development).


Pre/PostScript AllExecuteFirst.cfg

A new config file in \render_apps\_prepost_scripts\ to sepcify the setenv files executed before pre-/post-/finished-scripts.


.ini file changes

backup copies on each save, log function to reproduce when a save was done, rrClients.ini size reduced. 



RSS feed in rrControl

Open the rrNews RSS Feed via rrControl menu "help"


GPU information

Render Log: Show max GPU usage and GPU usage at abort

Stats files: add GPU usage to _rrClientStats_day_data

rrClientWatch: Show GPU usage, GPU memory, GPU temperature


Autodesk VRed

Autodesk VRed is supported.



Maya 

OS conversion:

We have implemented a new OS path conversion into the Maya render script.

It works for reference models as well.

(Requires a change/re-save of the OS list in rrConfig)

Maya IO is supported now.

Cyclecheck log messages are disabled.