1.Test to render without RR first.
If this does not work, then you will just make it even more complicated with RR.
It is like if you jump into a car for the first time and try to drive, but you have never ever seen or walked on streets before.
Create a scene file with objects and textures and save it on your fileserver.
Open the same file on a second machine. (without moving/copying it)
Change the render range in the scene to frame 1-10 on the first machine and to 11-20 on the second machine.
Render the scene within your render application.
Check if all 20 files are in the same location where you want them to be.
2.Create a folder on a fileserver/NAS.
You have to create a folder on a share (or a share) on your fileserver/NAS.
This folder is used for all RR files (application and config files).
E.g. \\Fileserver\shareapps\RoyalRender\
Note: You should NOT use any version number, all RR updates and upgrades replace the files in that folder.
Otherwise You will end up with RR version 8.x in a folder named /RoyalRender_v6/.
3.Set a fixed IP for rrServer (recommended)
By default all RRender programs are connecting to the server via its IP.
So your rrServer machines should have a fixed IP and not a variable IP assigned by a DHCP server.
Note:
It is not required to use a fixed IP address, you can use the rrServer name (change this setting in rrConfig tab Clients/global)
But it could cause connection issues in case the rrServer gets a new IP and a client machines OS has the old IP cached.
•Manually (Application mode / Basic test installation):
RR is started like any other application by the artist. No login settings are required.
The "Basic Installation" is just a quick test installation.It will not install any services, there will not be any auto-start.
The only files that need to be copied are the submission plugins (Softimage, Nuke, ... plugin files).
This is covered on this site.
•via a background Service/Daemon (permanent installation):
RR starts automatically with the machine. Nobody has to login into the machine.
This is required for auto-shutdown and WOL.
The artist logged in on a workstation can not access the render data.
The service installation is covered in the next chapter Permanent.
•A) RR Network
1.RR Program Files:
▪Download the RR installer and extract it into a temp folder.
▪OSX: The zip has lost the executable flag for the setup application.
Open a terminal and enter chmod a+x with a space at the end.
Then use a Finder window and and right-click on the installer executable and select "Show package contents".
Browse to the subfolder Contents/MacOS
Drag and drop the rrSetup file from the Finder window into the Terminal window.
Press return to execute the commandline.
▪Execute rrSetup, use the "Browse" button and select your RR directory (The shared network folder you created in "Before Installation 1.").
▪Open the RR directory in an explorer/file browser.
How to start main applications on Windows and Linux:
There are a few shortcuts to the main executables in the root of the folder named win_...bat and lx_..sh
How to start applications on OSX:
Please start the applications from the /bin/mac64 subfolder.
2.rrServer:
Start rrServerConsole on the computer you want to use as server (see Requirements).
The rrServer creates the basic config files.
From now on the Server runs on this machine ONLY!
Windows note: If you click inside a terminal window, the window might get into a "select" mode and stops the execution of the application.<br>
3.Clients:
Start rrClient on machines you want to use to render.
Every client adds its configuration to the shared client config file.
Note:
The first time you start an rrClient in application mode, it tries to use an RR_Localdata folder.
Your user might not be allowed to create this folder.
Please create the folder with some admin user and try to start the rrClient again.
(If you install the rrClient as service, this folder is automatically created.)
4.rrControl:
Start rrControl.
You should see all your clients in a black (not grey) font in the client table (lower left).
And there should not be any error message that rrControl can not connect.
If you get issues, please refer to the help section Installation/Troubleshooting.
•B) Submission/ Render
1.Submission:
Start rrWorkstation_installer on machines you want to use to submit jobs.
Install the submission plugins only as this is a test installation. Uncheck everything else (e.g. service installation).
2.Render:
Now you can start to submit and render. Please refer to the help section "Usage".
•C) Permanent installation:
If everything is rendering fine, you should install RR with services/daemons.
Please refer to the help section "Permanent" how to install the services and other details.