Update procedure

DO NOT shutdown any server or client.
You do NOT need to disable/remove any jobs.
The update renames the old executables in use.
The update copies the new files in your RRender directory
The update sends a restart server and/or client command (if required).

Changes / New Features

______________ 9.1.17______________

Total number of 28 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Houdini

HtoA USD: new rrJob option "RestartHtoA" as workaround for bug ARNOLD-16565
Wedge fixes (WedgeNum and Prefix support
Do not submit jobs if rrSubmitter ROP is executed as part of a render

Blender

new rrJob option "RestartHtoA" to load all 3rd party addons
Render Log: Print all addons found with load status.

Comp apps

After Effects: Language set to English for render (scripting issues when running the wrong AFX language)
Nuke: Always enable GPU acceleration for all GPUs if Nvidia GPU found

rrClient

New switch for render config "hasGPU"
Linux: Support machines with more than 2000 GB RAM

______________ 9.1.16______________

Total number of 35 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Houdini

rrJob AntiAliasing samples override to speed up non-final render
usd_render ROP: optimal bucket settings for karma (+20% speed on heavy production scene)
Archive render: Do not enable PPDeleteScenefile by default
Wedge fix

Cinema4D

Optional: New option in rrEnv to disable that UI licenses are taken
rrJob AntiAliasing samples override to speed up non-final render

rrClient

New config option: Disable client if network shares set in RR are not connected.

______________ 9.1.15______________

Total number of 22 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Cinema4D

FrameSet is read from render setting.

Blender

File Out compositing nodes are listed as Job AOVs.

REZ

Setting REZ_AUTO_PACK_NAME was not working right
New config setting REZ_SHARED_RENDERAPP_
Set REZ option not to kill the rrClient if the rrClient kills REZ.

rrConfig

new setting: Windows: Files/Do not resolve Symlinks on drive C:

______________ 9.1.14______________

Total number of 21 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

PS Benchmark

There was a fix on Windows for machines with more than 64 Cores. Please send a Client Command Job to these machines to re-test the cores.

Client

Render log states GPU memory usage at start and improved job+exe version variables.

______________ 9.1.13______________

Total number of 25 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Nuke

New rrJob setting to use all RAM for file caching.

rrConfig

Refined UI for changing the render app and plugin license count.
USD_StdA_single shares the license count of USD_StdA. Same for Mantra-single and Arnold-single.

______________ 9.1.12______________

Total number of 14 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Keyshot

Improved Submission workflow

rrWorkstationInstaller

Abiliy to export .msi packages

______________ 9.1.11______________

Total number of 38 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Python

Support pythonSearchPaths.pth file.

Submission

Support BinaryFrameSet in xml file

Maya

Export and render .usd file with Arnold kick

______________ 9.1.10______________

Total number of 33 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Important Fixes

The rrClient 9.1.09 was not able to verify .exr files if they have been missing R,G,B channel names.
rrControl has shown "Your user anonymous is not allowed to change the job.
rrControl crashed on Python initialisation.

Misc

Octane: Multiple changes for the Houdini Submission plugin and render configuration.
Preview, Post and Finished Script limit the rrJob setting "Required Memory" to 15 GB.
Katana: A new "Multiple Render" menu.

______________ 9.1.09______________

Total number of 76 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Misc

Linux: New rrWorkstationInstaller setting to disable OverCommit to prevent system crashes. More information
rrSubmitter: New button Estimate Render Rime. (Please let us know how it works out for you)
rrJob: New setting "Not allowed to be deleted" to prevent removal of long term jobs by mistake.
Render config: New setting RemoveFromLog_NotDebugVerbose
VRay: License counter changed to /VRay instead of /Maya/VRay or /Houdini/VRay

Config

HistoryDB export option: Zip Render log files
Lock rrConfig: Option to automatically unlock for rrConfig/rrAdmin users
User with rrConfig right is not allowed to change rrLogins any more.
Client Setting: Deactivate. Online, but never takes jobs.
Client and Client preset table is seperated now
Client info: Show IP and WOL stats
Client Groups: Option to Hide in rrSubmitter or rrControl

Blender

Reduce log output if rrJob verbose mode is not "Debug"
Release version read and used (4.2.1 instead of just 4.2)
Uppercase/lowercase scene name issue on Windows

Python

libPy: clientGetList retrieves hardware info as well
New job variables .infoExpected_FramePS, .infoExpected_DataCountBase, .infoRenderTimeSum_PS_disobeyReset
Client filter by name, status, os, ram, cores
Add enum for Client status ID

______________ 9.1.08______________

Total number of 29 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

Client

Regression 9.1.07: Render app auto version change not working for all apps
8 bit png does not load if OCIO set

Server

rrServer dailyStats: Add PS, Watt and Cost
Job: Cost via PS calculation bug (decimal shift)

Libraries

RR modules for Python 3.11
Cloud modules updated
FFmpeg library updated

Misc

CreateVideo works on Rocky
Houdini: Shared Exe example
Houdini v20.5 with Karma XPU

______________ 9.1.07______________

Total number of 51 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

OCIO

ACES 1.x support
Apply view transform
Files colorspace and view transform shown in rrSubmitter
Nuke and C4D are supported now

Houdini

HtoA: workaround for Arnold bug to be able to render single multi-frame .usd files. (Fixed in latest Arnold version, workaround disabled in RR for Houdini 20.5)
Support geometry export into single multi-frame file

REZ

Default render executable name set in render configs

rrCloudManager

New Youtube videos (uploaded soon)
Pre-Installed VM images for OpenVPN
rrCloudmanager available on MacOS now
Added support for our own file sync/caching server
SSH key support for AWS and GCC.
Multiple fixes

______________ 9.1.06______________

Total number of 47 changes

To view all changes, please take a look at the Changes List.

OCIO

OCIO support for preview images, rrViewer and rrCreateVideo.
Submission plugins of Maya, Houdini and Blender updated (more apps will come).
Color conversion from renderer/file color space to sRGB (View color space with next version).
Preview images and rrViewer caches state OCIO if applied.

rrControl

Instability fixes.

Houdini/Mantra/USD

Mantra and USD (husk) are using same shared network renderer plugin folder as Houdini.
PDG fixes

rrJob

Re-execute parameter set to 30 or 31 days will always re-execute on the same day of month.

______________ 9.1.05______________

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______________

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______________

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

______________ 9.1.02______________

Recompile
The release compile machine had a RAM defekt.
As we do not know when it started and which applications might be affected by random bugs, all apps have been recompiled.