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(for a complete list of all changes, see this Changes page)

9.1.05

05.04.24
Windows, Linux, OSX:
     >>> Installer
     >>> Update from 9.1.04+
     >>> Update from 9.1.00+
     >>> Update from 9.0.00+
     >>> Update from 8.4.00+
     >>> macOS rrSetup addon

Total number of 17 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

rrControl
  • Reset Job enables inactive jobs and asks to disable/enable if job is rendering.

rrClient
  • Local Exe caching speed improvement for large apps with many tiny files

Blender
  • Luxcore renderer

Python
  • Linux rrPy modules are compiled without Qt lib dependencies


9.1.04

08.03.24
Windows, Linux, OSX:
     >>> Installer
     >>> Update from 9.1.03+
     >>> Update from 9.1.02+
     >>> Update from 9.1.00+
     >>> Update from 9.0.00+
     >>> Update from 8.4.00+
     >>> macOS rrSetup addon

Total number of 31 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Server
  • Bug Fix: AFX Jobs with "Distribute Start To End" might not render all frames
  • Allow "Distribute Start to End" in combination with "Render Preview First"
  • Server-Watch: Show latest logfile no matter if user has access to servers LocalData or not

Submission plugins
  • Multiple fixes for C4D and Houdini

Python
  • New variable in job class: Job.disabledBecausOfErrors


9.1.03

29.01.24
Windows, Linux, OSX:
     >>> Installer
     >>> Update from 9.1.02+
     >>> Update from 9.1.00+
     >>> Update from 9.0.00+
     >>> Update from 8.4.00+
     >>> macOS rrSetup addon

Total number of 14 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Houdini
  • Octane support
  • New Husk rrJob options (Legacy Exr, enable procedurals)

After Effects
  • New rrJob option Ignore Missing Footage


9.1.00

30.11.23

Total number of 116 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

rrControl
  • Cost based on Ghz*h was changed into based on PS*h (old Ghz cost column still available)
  • Change PS*s into PS*h
  • Any/Or filter as checkbox
  • Job ID increased by one letter
  • More layout settings saved (Job Info collapses, Client Filter)
  • Reset disables job
  • User information changed from window into bar
  • Logfile links in Performance and Frames Rendered
  • Right-click on first column to get link to job IDs
  • Auto-Change job filter if job by ID requested
  • Statistic image: Add total PS, change client count into client PS, add remaining time, add day time
  • Client Table: Show last client Report time
  • Client Table: Show if command is pending
  • Client Table: Split network traffic into IN/Out and separate for each Cloud Client
  • Increase max job count to display to 70 000
  • Side-Layout for Filter and Commands
  • Job queue update done in background thread
  • Pick filter from job selection

rrClient
  • Create rrViewer cache files for jobs without Local Render Out
  • UI: Job ID link to open rrControl

Python
  • Modules for Python 3.10
  • rrSubmit: Add functions to set login if required
  • SetLogin: Unicode user name support

Render configs and submission
  • Houdini: USD fixes
  • Houdini: Distributed Simulation fixes
  • Houdini: Preset folder for 3rdparty packages
  • Houdini: Filecache, rrDenoise rrDependency and PDG updated
  • C4D: rrEnv fixes for Arnold and Redshift
  • Maya: Kill APDClientService

rrServer
  • Remove preview jpeg and stat image creation (moved to rrClient and rrControl)<
  • Disable html generation and ftp upload (use rrPigeonLoft instead)
  • Always save jobs.db and logfile to local drive
  • Event plugin: Fixes, SDK example, help updated, more triggers


9.0.09

05.10.23
Windows, Linux, OSX:
     >>> Installer
     >>> Update from 9.0.08+
     >>> Update from 9.0.00+
     >>> Update from 8.4.00+

Total number of 51 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Speedups
Multiple speedups in rrControl and rrServer for many jobs or during network hickups

Client
New Setting: 'Accept my jobs' (Artist logged in) during working hours.

Control
Client column 'Current Frames' shows time for current frame.
Buttons to reset filter dropdown to 'All'

Render apps
Houdini Husk: Karma: Enable bucket mode (+20% speed for heavy scenes)
Houdini: Fixes for filecache in 19.5, Redshift LOP and Arnold Denoise
Maya: Support Legacy layers for latest versions and new rrJob AA samples override
Unreal: Load AssetRegistry and AA samples override
Blender: Tiled rendering and faster video rendering
C4D: Submission fixes for 2024
3dsmax: Fix adddot for VRay 6

Server
Crashed video rendering is re-started
Max 250tsd frames per job, video unlimited


9.0.08

09.08.23
Total number of 56 changes
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Client
Render Log: Add TCP traffic information to the summary

Blender
Render Log: Remove "Building BVH" lines

rrViewer
Sort images by RGB histogram difference

Image verification
Optional: Verify that all .exr files have the same ammount of layers

Houdini
Multiple PDG fixes


9.0.07

07.07.23
Total number of 52 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Houdini
new rrDenoise ROP: (Supports Intel, Optix, Arnold, Renderman)
rrSubmitter ROP: Override SeqDiv Min/max for Comp
rrSubmitter ROP: cook scene option
rrSubmitter ROP: Override for Wait Frame by Frame
USD Arnold: Choose between kick and husk
Python expression fixes for in/out name in rrGenericJob and rrDenoise
Wait Frame ByFrame enabled by default for Mantra/Usd jobs
Kill hserver if started by render process

Unreal Engine
Wnsure renders are full detail
Render in background if possible
Split sequence into shots at submission

Blender
GPU options: Add CPU, use Optix
Abort render if Redshift is not found
Abort render if Optix is not found
Show Blenders crash file in rrControl

Other Render apps
Katana v6 submission plugin fixes
TOPAZ Video Enhancer v3 supported

rrMessage
rrMessages are kept on shutdown of receiving rrClient and rrServer


9.0.06

08.06.23
Total number of 44 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

rrControl/pyRR
The rrServer uses now 3 threads for sending jobs, it will be 2-3x times faster with many jobs
pyRR crash requesting more than 32tsd jobs fixed

rrClient
Bash shell (config option) works on Ubuntu now as well
ExrCrop fixed if RR set not to use EXR 2.0 multipart, but renderer already wrote EXR multipart

rrCloudManager
Amazon EC2 support


9.0.05

08.05.23
Total number of 52 changes
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Control
Scribble or write onto preview images

Unreal
Support for Movie Render Pipeline

Blender
Workaround for Blender bug regarding Intel Performance Core
Anti-Aliasing samples override

Realmreporter
New Project Stat example file
JobLoader class to load HistoryDB and current rrServer jobs

Houdini
Renderman 25 fixes


9.0.04

17.03.23


Total number of 16 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Blender
New render script that supports Keep Scene Open and more settings

Client
Wrong memory usage in frame table stated if >64GB
GPS of last GPU was not saved

Server
Linux: Exr crash fixed

Houdini
USDstitch support
Scene display name override
fixes

Control
Settings tab used rrSubmitter default files settings for "default" visibility


9.0.03

06.03.23
If you use Houdini, please test the new job option "Wait for job by frame" for your .idf/.ass/.usd exports.
We might enable it by default for the next update if there are no issue reports.
If the parent job exported .usd files frame 1-10, then the waiting job can render frame 1-10 as well.
Total number of 50 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Submitter
IMPORTANT: The "Cancel" button was broken for the "existing output frames" question.
The rrSubmitter creates RR/rrJobdata/prj/jobFolder at submission now.

RealmReporter
Rewrite of python classes
First 2 example files

Jobs
New job option "Wait for job by frame"
Layer name length increased to 200 characters

REZ
New REZ options (Please see help section REZ)

Other
Faster app startup
Umlaut/unicode fixes (log file display, C4D and .exr reader)
Client saves TCP traffic in stat files and rrControl frames table
Nuke: Write nodes in groups supported


9.0.02

02.02.23
Total number of 62 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Jobs
New option: GPU In Appmode Required (for openGL renderer like Eevee)

rrClient
GHz retrieval does not work on some windows machines
CPU PS test had to be modified.
GPU test modified.

Control
Add frame time as PS to job table, frame tables and performance info
Show at least 1 idle job thread
Fix issues with more than 27tsd and 32tsd jobs

Server
Fix for more than 50tsd jobs
16 byte TCP memory leak fix

WorkstationInstaller
Checkbox per settings group
Save last settings used

9.0.01

13.01.23
Total number of 27 changes
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License
Fixes for rental licenses and Linux host IDs

Zip/Zlib update
zlib 1.2.11 unverified freeze of rrServer, updated to 1.2.13

MacOS
Apple M1 fixes

Python
Include REZ module as zip
Support python modules as zip
Python 2.7 fixes
A new 2.7 render config for backwards compatiblity of old scripts

9.0.00

02.01.23

To view the new features, please take a look at this page:
What's new in v9.

If you want to upgrade RRv8 to RRv9, please read this page first:
Upgrade from RR v8.

8.4.04

22.12.22
Windows, Linux, OSX:
     >>> Installer
     >>> Update from 8.4.00+
     >>> Update from 8.3.00+
     >>> Update from 8.2.00+
     >>> Update from 8.0.00+

Total number of 16 changes
  • To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

This update contains minor bug fixes and improvements.