Version	Download Links	Main Changes/New Features (for a full list, see fixes page)
8.3.03 03.12.21	Windows, Linux, OSX:      >>> Installer      >>> Update from 8.3.02+      >>> Update from 8.3.00+      >>> Update from 8.2.40+      >>> Update from 8.2.30+      >>> Update from 8.2.00+      >>> Update from 8.0.00+	______________ 8.3.03______________ Total number of 15 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. rrControl New command to change parent job to render missing frames of child job Server daily stat files New variable Ghz_minutes Fixes in AverageFrameTime and AverageMemUsage Privilged Clients Do not abort jobs that are in script render state rrHistoryDB Fixes regression that showed error message loading jobs
8.3.02 29.10.21	Windows, Linux, OSX:      >>> Installer      >>> Update from 8.3.00+      >>> Update from 8.2.40+      >>> Update from 8.2.30+      >>> Update from 8.2.00+      >>> Update from 8.0.00+	______________ 8.3.02______________ Total number of 21 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. Houdini Camera is overriden at render time Archive renderer do state "Houdini" as renderer any more to prevent misconfiguration rrEnv files New rrEnv variables and
8.3.01 08.10.21	Windows, Linux, OSX:      >>> Installer      >>> Update from 8.3.00+      >>> Update from 8.2.40+      >>> Update from 8.2.30+      >>> Update from 8.2.00+      >>> Update from 8.0.00+	______________ 8.3.01______________ Total number of 31 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. Global inhouse.inc files There are 3 new inhouse.inc files for all 3D, all Comp and all Archive render apps After Effects Windows: Delete local media cache files if saved into user prefs rrControl security Fixed a security issue that allowed to send commands for jobs the user did not had rights to view Houdini Unlock parent assets by default Arnold-HtoA Arnold Standalone rendering .ass files exported by Houdini was renamed to Arnold-HtoA
8.3.00 10.09.21	Windows, Linux, OSX:      >>> Installer      >>> Update from 8.2.40+      >>> Update from 8.2.30+      >>> Update from 8.2.00+      >>> Update from 8.0.00+	______________ 8.3.00______________ Total number of 45 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. rrControl layout functions New save/load layout functionality. Change dark/bright or each artist (instead of globally for RR) OS Requirements changed! The minumum requirements are now: 64bit OS Linux requirea GLIBCXX 3.4.15 (e.g. Centos 7 or Ubuntu 16) macOS 10.11 required Job data changes Increase sizes for additionalCommandlineParam, ShotgunID(FTrack), sceneState Wait for up to 30 jobs Increase pre/post-script and Custom Option name size Linux Support systemD service in addition to init.d Houdini Redshift Solaris(USD) with and without .rs export Data classes and TCP communication changed RR 8.3 is not compatible with any python module or with the job database of RR 8.2. RR 8.2 files are converted into RR 8.3 files
8.2.45 08.08.21	Windows, Linux, OSX:      >>> Installer      >>> Update from 8.2.44+      >>> Update from 8.2.40+      >>> Update from 8.2.30+      >>> Update from 8.2.00+      >>> Update from 8.0.00+	Total number of 18 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. Server Disable jobs if no frame was rendered for a long time Improvements for client averaging abort VideoEnhance AI Submission improvements, comandline fixes After Effects Move license generation into rrEnv file FFMPEG Post-script example file
8.2.44 19.07.21		Total number of 14 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. After Effects Important! Workaround for license login. See rrHelp file section RenderApps/Comp/Afx for more information Windows: New rrJob option creates license file. This changes the user prefs folder. Plugin licenses and preferences might need to be copied. macOS: You can create a license file yourself. Client Win: Restart machine command was broken Houdini Python 3 fixes
8.2.43 07.07.21		Total number of 23 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. Client New command RestartMachineAfterRender Video Enhance AI Support for application Video Enhance AI to upscale videos Python Added module pymediainfo to get information like resultion from media files Fileserver speed test A new scripted job creates a multi-client fileserver speed test job Maya New render config function ESC_XML to be able to use Rez with Mayas commandline
8.2.42b 08.06.21		There was a bug in version 8.2.42 regarding the rrClient and rrServer. This is an essential bug fix. You have to update if you are running 8.2.42 or 8.2.42a
8.2.42 07.06.21
8.2.42 07.06.21		Total number of 37 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. Nuke Submit CopyCat nodes (Roto and other frame-by-frame inbetweening via machine learning) Nuke v13 fixes Houdini Render order set to FrameByFrame instead of RopByRop Alembic: fixes for a single output file Modo Support [output] in addition to default [ ] Modo v15 fixes rrHelp: Add information how to add submission command as menu item Cinema4D Octane version fix Redshift Object ID filename Use multipass output Recognize render setting overrides of takes
8.2.41 04.05.21		Total number of 12 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. rrClient Abort Essential fix for Version 8.2.40!! The rrClient v8.2.40 has an issue aborting all render processes. Windows long paths RR has implemented a workaround for output paths with more than 245 characters. Most render application do not support it, but it should work with RRs local render out feature. Maya 2022 The plugins have been updated to support Maya 2022. Houdini If your ROP name contains _sim_, the the rrSubmitter sets all rrJob options for a simulation.
8.2.40 05.04.21		Total number of 49 changes .rrEnv files New Command [DelFolder] Redshift Local texture cache is moved to RR_Localdata Keyshot support Beta version of the Keyshot integration
8.2.39 28.01.21		Total number of 7 changes This update provides a fix for the "Custom Variables" error message of the rrControl settings submission.
8.2.38 19.01.21		Total number of 10 changes Houdini USD and /stage/... fixes. Subframe render fixes
8.2.37 12.12.20		Total number of 25 changes Maya New Environment variable RR_PathConversionFile to add custom (non cross OS) file conversions to Maya scenes. Houdini Ignore Alembic archive loader nodes Ignore Arnold texture nodes VRay fixes Cinema4D Add Arnold drivers and regular output as additional rrJob channels Python 3 fixes Local Exe Copy Log source path and copy information No auto-version change if path explicitely stated in render config Recognize VRay version folder naming _43000 => 4.3
8.2.36 03.11.20		Total number of 30 changes Maya MtoA: Delete uninstall.exe and left.bmp to work around Maya bug and remove error messages. Houdini Mantra and Husk (USD) do not require a path in the client config any more (Houdini path is taken) USD: support Houdini 18.5, support Arnold kick .usd 32bit rrClients disabled The rrServer is not sending jobs to 32bit rrClients any more. (install 64bit rrClient) Cinema4D Support nested takes Support Arnold output driver
8.2.35 12.10.20		Total number of 27 changes 12 GPUs per client The rrClient config supports up to 12 GPUs Cinema 4D R23 submission and render script fixes Redshift: Seperate progress log file Submission does not work if C4D installed on case-sensitive drive Houdini Unlock parent assets nodes Render Arnold .usd with Arnold kick Renderman: Switch frame viewer IT to openexr
8.2.34 18.09.20		Total number of 5 changes Render app config New config parameter UseExactMajorVersionOnly=true/false (enabled by default if not set) rrClient Task icon was missing for app mode client (non service mode)
8.2.33 09.09.20		Total number of 12 changes Houdini Some Renderman 23.4 fixes. Support WEGDENUM in file names Support relative path to ROP in Wegde
8.2.32 19.08.20		Total number of 37 changes rrControl/rrHistoryDB Huge speedup using CTRL-A; speedup shift-selecting many jobs. .vrScene Loader Load VRay version+build as well as exporting app and its plugin build. frame4 was not detected as frame number. set "GPU Required" if engine_type is not "cpu". Houdini Support USD ROP and USD_Render ROP settings Pixars Renderman support Scene parser: Replace systems ${envVar} in file names Disable UI error messages Recognize openGL error rrEnv: Option to switch between Redshift floating and node-locked rrCloudManager Support for new Azure features like Spot VMs Nuke Read custom write node attribute frame_step
8.2.31 10.06.20		Total number of 20 changes rrClient & Render config & rrEnv Linux log scene/output path fixes New variable to check if pre-post-command is enabled for the job Plugin and render exe sync creates timestamp file to state last usage 3dsmax 2021 Multiple fixes
8.2.30 08.05.20		Total number of 22 changes rrClient Reserve Cores Windows only: In addition to the render thread reduction for the Artist logged in, the rrClient deassignes cores for the render process. 3dsmax 2021 Beta of the new render connection for 3dsmax 2021, it uses 3dsmaxBatch instead of 3dsmaxcmd.exe .gz Output files like .ass.gz are now verified to be .gz files. Submitter: on-submission-script job creation It is now possible to create more jobs to submit within on-submission scripts.
8.2.29 09.04.20		Total number of 16 changes Override image size There is a new option to enable/disable the output image resolution. The option requires the submission XML/commandline to include ImageWidth and ImageHeight.
8.2.28 14.03.20		Total number of 32 changes baSpeedTest The UI was optimized, load saved config to modify it, new init config to create required folders, ... Katana The submission plugin does not call the Katana function to check the file any more for possible issues as it was very very slow with large projects Tiled Sequences Sequence check works rrViewer shows missing tiles Python Imoprovements regarding printing exception tracebacks Fixed crash if non-existing job was requested Job list functions renamed as they have been too similar to other function names (old function names still work) New function jobList_GetMinInfo to get min info of all jobs without the large job data
8.2.27 08.02.20		Total number of 57 changes IMPORTANT: Execute/NoFrame Jobs If an execute job or a job with "do not check for frames" enabled crashes, then RR re-renders that chunk. To disable this behavior, please enable job option "ignore crashes". Sequence Checker first The Sequence Checker runs first before all other post-render-script Blender We have prepared a render config file to setup blender as Shared Executable in RR. Please check rrHelp section Blender. Cinema4D R21: Auto-version change did not work because default install folder changed Added install path for R21 for plugin installer Cross OS conversion for arnold and alembic nodes Octane: otoy 4.00 multipass formats Support Redshift 3 as shared network install Arnold Denoice Switch between RR +/-2 frames and Arnold TemporalStability for additional flags VRay Standalone Custom job option to set progress % level
8.2.26 03.12.19		Total number of 41 changes Cinema4D R21 supported Specify license settings in rrEnv files (see rrHelp section RenderApps/C4D) Farm-Wide Redshift installation fixes Arnold AOVs are shown in rrControl Octane fixes rrEnv New rrCleint env var at render time with group membership to switch settings New rrEnv condition to check for files/folders Clarisse Support for farm wide plugins Rhino 6 Version 6 is supported WOL via Client IP WOL via Client IP is now supported Shotgun The Shotgun API was updated to the latest version
8.2.25 22.10.19		Total number of 14 changes Windows version display Windows Server 2016 is shown as version 16 in rrControl Render app version The render app version includes the build version. Arnold standalone example: Before: 5.2.2 Now: 5.2.2.1 Renderman v22 Renderman for Maya v22 is supported Cinema4D Farm-wide install of Arnold available
8.2.24 06.09.19		Total number of 50 changes Houdini New Sub-Frame job option New render config Houdini - Python $FF supported as frame number inside ROP Scenes $Job variable is set at render time RR Job option "IgnoreLoadWarnings" ignores missing nodes on rrClient Cinema4D Optional farm-wide Octane installation Optional farm-wide Redshift installation VRay Standalone OS conversion (cross platform) 3dsmax Enforce 16 bit float for multilayer exr Maya New Job option: Disable Image Planes Use Keep Scene Open for mayaHardware2 Tile Frame for framesets Able to use Tile Frame for frameset jobs Azure Cloud Add Fsv2-series
8.2.23 04.07.19		Total number of 25 changes Houdini Support VRay Support Alemibic Jobs with sequence divide 0 are executed at once, not per frame Redshift ROP resolution override 3dsmax New job option to apply VRAY VFB color correction. New job option to render multi-layer exr (Elements into main file) Katana Use 3Delight default folder VRay support Redshift support VRay Standalone Support for Shared Exe installation (See rrHelp) Linux does not find its libraries
8.2.22 06.06.19		Total number of 25 changes Toonboom Harmony: Support for multiple write nodes Houdini Wedge: OpenGL ROP has rendered frames multiple times v17.5: rrEnv: Houdini path was added twice Render apps exe in pre/post-scripts The main render application is available in post-scripts as well. Variables like ExeVersion, Exe, ...
8.2.21 13.05.19		Total number of 48 changes jobGetInfoSend() with parameter jobID Request one job only via python. See /SDK or /_prepost_scripts/additional folders for examples. New authorization rrScriptAuth There is a new preset in rrConfig Logins. This login sets the rights of post-scripts that use the jobs AuthString. Houdini 17.5 rrEnv changes to remove the warning message about dublicate python classes
8.2.20 10.04.19		Total number of 38 changes Arnold DeNoice Improvements and fixed for the scripted job Changed shared exe folder to match Arnold Standalone Katana Submission plugin updates
8.2.19 08.03.19		Total number of 68 changes Custom Options - float value (suppport required) It is now possible to use float values for custom options. Example: Arnold DeNoice variance. Arnold DeNoice Before you hit Submit for your 3D jobs, you can append DeNoice jobs via the menu Scripted Jobs rrAutostartService errors rrClientWatch and rrServerWatch show the service error log. Maya rrEnv: Do not execute env variables for other renderers than the current one rrEnv: Do not copy the MtoA folder if renderer is not Arnold, use local install Legacy layers did not work with 2018.2 (but all others) Pre-Post Scripts New option "AllowedForExecuteOnceJobs" to allow scripts for Execute jobs Frames Rendered table Frames Rendered table was overwritten by post-scripts rrServer external python authorization Detect distributed and non distributed PW attacks
8.2.18a 15.02.19		rrSubmitter crash Fixed crash if there are more than 125 render config files. 3dsmax 2019, regression 8.2.18 KSO mode with 3dsmax 2019 was broken rrCloudManager New options to create IP forwarding for OpenVPN server
8.2.18 07.02.19		Total number of 38 changes Cinema4D changes R20: additional plugin to print render progress to log file Support for VrayForC4D Multilayer output for TIF, B3D, PSB Submission fixed for macOS Mojave. 3dsmax fixes Fix for the autoElemFilename option, please reinstall the submission plugin Multiple files for rrSubmitter commandline You can specify multiple scenes files in the commandline of the rrSubmitter/console. (e.g. multiple .ass sequences)
8.2.17 17.12.18		Total number of 49 changes Qt 4.8.7 libraries OSX was updated to use Qt 4.8.7. Windows and Linux stay with 4.8.6. (They are available as well download in rrHelp/SDK) Error-disabled jobs are slightly more red. I a job was disabled because of errors, the orange job color is a bit more red now. Control: new "Age" job filter There is a new filter to show jobs that changed in the last days only. 100 client pack available There is a new 100-client pack with some extra discount. It can be used to order support&maintenance for multiple years as well (Example: 2.5 years for your 40 clients).
8.2.16 05.11.18		Total number of 54 changes rrClient: Finished scripts not executed Post/Finished scripts have not been executed on some machines rrControl: Change custom options rrControl shows custom render config options on the settings tab. Python Modules We have added a few python modules to RR: FTrack, Shotgun, arrow, backports, certifi, chardet, clique, dateutil, idna, requests, urllib3, websocket, six New python exportJobAsXml function Export a job in as .xml file for a re-submission. Example script available as right-click in rrControl. 3dsmax VRay: Progressive render A new render config for 3dsmax VRay with noise and time settings for the progressive mode
8.2.15 08.10.18		Total number of 45 changes 3dsMax HDR framebuffer A new job option to switch the framebuffer to hdr. Enabled by default. GPU render speedup 3dsMax, Houdini, C4D, Maya: GPU renderer not initialized per Frame. Delete comp jobs after days The setting "Delete finished jobs after x days" is now split into comp and other jobs rrControl "preferred for" column A new column shows the client config setting "prefered for jobs of XX" Sample scripts for stats New sample script to read global stat file and server per day stats. Cinema 4D R20 Support for new plugin folder variable rrClient memory optimizations Multiple optimizations in case the system gets to its limit in memory usage.
8.2.14 04.09.18		Total number of 40 changes Watch/rrControl multi-user instances rrControl and rrClientWatch will be allowed to start multiple times if the user logged in is different Frames Rendered Table via rrServer only The clients do not access the Frames Rendered table any more, all is done via the rrServer. Allows cached RR network folder for rrClients. rrSubmitter UI editor The default file editor can filter by overridden settings only Multiple small Maya changes There are a few small bug fixes and improvements for the Maya submission plugin and the render script.
8.2.13 31.07.18		Total number of 38 changes rrDeleteOldFiles (support required) New commandline tool to delete files older than x days from directory (with subfolders). With wildcard support (\users\*\local\temp\). Windows example daily execute script in [RR]\bin\ to delete all users temp files, Adobe caches and Redshift caches after 14 days. Please let us know if you know folders on Windows/Linux/Osx that should be added to our example scripts. rrClient "enable after idle" based on user interaction (keyboard, mouse) (support required). The client auto-enable function works now on CPU usage (as before) and user interaction (enabled by default). For more information please read http://www.royalrender.de/help8/index.html?ClientJobs.html rrSubmitter: GPU requirement If the job has "GPU required" set, then the rrSubmitter de-assigns all rrClients with 0 GPUs set in rrConfig. rrSubmitter: Parent app memory usage The rrSubmitter gets the memory usage of the parent app (e.g. Maya) memory usage and uses it for the job settings "Required Memory" by default now. rrClient shared exe copy - The render log states how many files will be copied before copy starts (to know what the client is doing). - Only the rquired version is copied locally instead of all versions. Submitter: UI editor: filter by name The Submitter defaults UI editor got a filter by name edit field. 3dsmax: current frame changes It was not possible to get the current frame in pre-render scripts.
8.2.12 05.07.18		Total number of 49 changes Re-Execute crashed pre/post-scripts If a pre or post-render script crashes, it is execute up to 3 times Wait for jobs - preview wait If a job has Preview Render enabled and is waiting for a parent job, it will start rendering the preview once the parent job has finished the preview frames. Houdini changes Parse more node names "/img/..", "_geo_", "/geo", "/comp", "/rop_comp" and "/rs_" Read Camera and Resolution for tiled rendering StereoCamRig support New Scripted Job: Collect Houdini versions The job creates a table if specified houdini versions are installed on a client Arnold (de)Noice New render config for Arnold (de)Noice rrControl log auto-update The log file list and the log files are reloaded regulary baConvertEnvFile New option to convert .rrEnv files into bash or csh .sh scripts pyRR2_datafiles: renderer license count The python module is now able to read/write the renderer license count setting Blender changes Blender executes the scenes python script to be able to load plugins/modules User preferences can be created in RR to be copied to all clients Please download the changed files from our open-source repo github.com/BinaryAlchemy/RoyalRender-OpenExtensions. Cineam4D Support Arnold dummy output format (limited to .exr) Maya Redshift AOVs are read
8.2.11 02.06.18		Total number of 46 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. Rental licenses 1 year and 3 months rental licenses are now available to order by anyone. They can be mixed with perpetual licenses (Requires v8.2.10+) More Houdini nodes (requires to be on support) - OpenGL Nodes - Geometry Nodes - Wedge Nodes (See rrHelp Section Render App/Houdini for more information) Crashing frames (requires to be on support) If a frame was send more than 4 times, the rrServer will send other frames first. If a frame was send more than 25 times, the rrServer will not send this frame any more. Job option "Ignore Crashed" disables this feature. "Clear Error" resets the counter. Nuke: Python: Add nogui flag for node submission The python function to submit a node has a new nogui flag to start the rrSubmitterConsole rrViewer changes - RGB+Alpha is selected by default - Fixes for sort by date and size
8.2.10 11.05.18		Total number of 18 changes Cinema4D Cross OS rendering RR converts all texture paths in C4D files, no need to save textures in a path relative to the C4D scene any more. New scripterd job: Maya Version There is a new scripted job for Windows that collects all installed Maya versions (with update version) from all clients. Relase part render app version kept The release part of an render application version Major.Minor.Release is kept now. Some 32bit apps removed Some 32bit applications have been removed: rrCreateVideo, rrCropExr and pyRR2 module.
8.2.09 23.04.18		Total number of 33 changes New Scripterd Job: Renderman denoise You can execute the scripted job via the rrSubmitter menu to select your image sequences to denoise. Allow to specify renderer as job thread setting The client job thread setting can take a renderers name as well. Python .csv rrTable region fixes .csv tables created by the python rrTable class or rrParseoutput respect your Windows region settings to choose , or ; as cell seperator. Cross OS rendering Maya: Color management files are converted Maya/Nuke: Windows paths are converted even if different upper/lower case is used Nuke: Paths are only converted if they start with the path specified in rrConfig Scripted jobs: rrParseOutput for OSX rrParseOutput was not found by shell script created via a scripted job.
8.2.08 02.04.18		Total number of 65 changes Joined Yeti license count All Yeti plugin licenses are joined into one global Yeti license count. Please verify the global count if you had split the licenses between apps. New OpenExr version We fixed a memory leak inside OpenEXR library reading unfinished files. Redshift Benchmark Submitter menu: New scripted job "Redshift Benchmark" collects GPU speeds in an csv (Excel) table. Python CrossBatch class extension - add function setEnvVar() - add function addCondition() - add function addCommentLine() Decrease Client delays - Time until next client status report is send after enable/disable command is reduced. - Time between app startup and first idle report reduced. New Maya cross OS functionality OS conversion has been improved. - It works with .ma and .mb files, conversion is done at render time - conversion of YETI cache files - conversion of arnold VDB volumes - conversion of Redshift proxies Maya: parallel Evaluation Manager A new job option to disable the parallel Evaluation Manager at before scene opens New Nuke cross OS functionality OS conversion has been improved. - always convert paths from all other OS in case a OSX scene was submitted from Windows - convert geo LUT nodes - convert Read/Write-Geo nodes Nuke: apply workstation license Nuke will use a workstation license if the client config option "Render license group" is set to workstation. Renderman denoise New render config for renderman denoise Delete IE NTFS Zone rrSetup deletes the Windows IE NTFS Zone.Identifier file attribute to remove message "Do you want to run this file?".
8.2.07 05.03.18		Total number of 55 changes Event Script: Global data access It is now possible to access all other jobs and clients within an event script. Please see SDK\Plugins_rrServer\Python\Events\ Maya: VRay: Enable bitmap caching We have set an environment variable to tell VRay to cache texture files between frames. Nuke: OS Conversion with Local Render OS Conversion with Local Render Out works now. 3dsmax: State sets State sets are now supported with the new submitter plugin. Job frame limit back at 100 000 The maximum number of frames per job is now 100 000 frames again. Submit copy of scene file An new optional rrSubmitter OnSubmission script can copy your scene file to a temp name before it is send to RR.
8.2.06 18.01.18		Total number of 51 changes NFS mounts (rrSupport required) The rrClient and rrCloudservice is now able to mount NFS shares at startup. Remove from log (rrSupport required) New render config parameter to remove complete lines from a render log. http://www.royalrender.de/help8/index.html?ClientSettings.html Note: Please use/create __inhoue files for your own settings. Job event python plugins (rrSupport required) The rrServer can execute a python script if a job has an log or error event like Enable/Disable or job crashed. Any event that is listed in the job log or error table in rrControl is supported. Example file: RR\SDK\Plugins_rrServer\Python\Events\testEvent.py rrServer: new threads (rrSupport required) The rrServer starts 2 new seperate threads to check the output of jobs. This prevents possible issues or slowdowns if a fileserver is slow. Then the rrServer starts a thread for the preview jpeg conversion as well. The Job Event execution is handled in a seperate thread as well. rrErr/StdErr log lines rrErr was renamed into StdErr as this is the commonly used name. It can now be disabled in a render config and is disabled for Maya. 3dsmax 3dsmax log file is saved to view in rrControl New render config for 3dsmax 2019 that uses new 3dsmax batch command. Python module It is not possible any more to send job commands without a login Start Multiple Instances The on/off option "Start Multiple Instances" is now a numberic value to speficy the number of instances Rhino Vray 3 VRay 3 for Rhino is supported
8.2.05 08.12.17		Total number of 14 changes New render config to call other executables than the main render app. For example use Nuke in post-scripts with . Maya Redshift There is a bug in Maya/Redshift that crashes scenes with motion blur. We have added a new job option in the rrSubmitter to disable the parralel evaluation manager preference for rendering. New Scripted Job: Create Weekly Stats A new python script collects statistics for all projects from the last 7 days and creates an RR/inhouse/stats.csv file. Create a job via the rrSubmitter menu. The job re-executes once a week. You might want to set the Start After job option to Sunday Windows: Collect render app crash dump RR can tell Windows to write crash dump files if an application crashes. These files can be analysed to see the app/plugin and function that crashed. It can help developers to find the crash. Enable via the rrWorkstationInstaller menu Special
8.2.04 21.11.17		Total number of 14 changes VRay + Windows 10 One of the latest Windows 10 updates has broken VRay if running within a service. We have set the environment variable VRAY_VFB_GUI = 0 for Maya and 3ds Max. Client Thread A settings The Job Thread A settings have not been read from the config if the Client has multiple threads.
8.2.02 15.10.17		LICENSE CHANGE: Royal Render 8.2.xx requires that you have bought RR after 1.Sep.2017 or that your support&maintenance did not expire before this day. Total of 30 changes 3dsmax 2018 Update 2/3 If you have not rendered with 3dsmax 2018 before applying the update 2 or 3, then 3dsmax crashes. This update implements a workaround for the crash.
8.2.01 09.10.17		LICENSE CHANGE: Royal Render 8.2 requires that you have bought RR after 1.Sep.2017 or that your support&maintenance did not expire before this day. Total of 65 changes rrClient: Job thread changes - Max job thread increased to 8 (for 8 GPU machines) - The job thread config is not part of a client config preset any more. (for e.g. GPU and non-GPU machines using the same preset) Framesets Framesets are working. Maya submission plugin - Pick a python script and execute it inside the current scene/layer on a rrClient - New option to ask for framesets at submission Windows: rrClient reserve cores change Reserve Cores is does not set the render threads at startup any more. It changes the core assignment for the render processes now. Enabling/disabling this setting (e.g. at login) changes the core assignement after 15 seconds. "rrBhutan" cloud changes - Azure licensing works - We have created 5 ready-to use images with RR preinstalled - RR cloud resource groups start with rrC_ now (can be disabled to use old installations) - Right-click to open remote (SSH/Windows RDP) or file browser connections to VM pyRR2_datafiles: _serverClientInfo class - New data class with information about last IPs, last status and last WOL command of clients
8.2.00 15.09.17		LICENSE CHANGE: Royal Render 8.2 requires that you have bought RR after 1.Sep.2017 or that your support&maintenance did not expire before this day. Total of 30 changes Data changes Almost all binary files and TCP communication was changed. - Max jobs increased to 52000 - Max frames per job not limited to 32000 any more - rrControl/rrServer use 15% less memory for the job list. - rrHistoryDB uses 24% less memory for the job list. - New job variables allow new features in the future like Event Scripts and Framesets Data changes notes - A downgrade after the update will loose some settings (e.g.) and all jobs. - All C++ plugins need to be recompiled - Although some UI elements show Framesets, they are not supported yet. Reset Job enabled job If you reset a job, it is now enabled as well. Houdini - Arnold and Redshift AOVs are read as rrJob channels. - Disable Local Scene Copy if $HIP is used in AOV.
8.1.05 06.09.17		This is the last 8.1.xx version as we need to change the TCP data, which makes the next version 8.2 incompatible with 8.1 applications. We will release the next version 8.2.00 shortly with just the changes to the TCP data. And then implement new features into 8.2.01. Total of 47 changes rrControl - The UI layout config had to be changed. You need to re-arrange rrControl as you like it and re-save the layout. - The top dockwindows will switch to a slim mode if the width is sufficient for the items. - Job selction and job retrieval was speed up. Maya - Maya IO is supported now. - The new cross OS conversion is active. - Cyclecheck log messages are disabled. Linux - The service applies all groups of the rrService user to the process, including domain groups. - Umask can be changed if you reinstall the daemon. Cloud Multiple bug fixes and improvements to the rrCloudManager and the rrCloudService.
8.1.04 11.08.17		This is an essential update if you use 8.1.02 or 8.1.03. The server had send too many frames to a client at once sometimes. Total of 15 changes rrControl speedup Getting the first job list is 7 times faster.
8.1.03 30.07.17		Total number of 52 changes Linux+Osx Mount (support contract only) The client is able to mount smb fileserver shares. Job Limit The rrConfig setting for "Delete finished jobs if there are more than X" was increased to 100 000 jobs. OSX/Linux Starter The starter tool was changed. If your apps do not start, please execute RR/bin/.../rrSetExeRights to fix the file rights. Arnold static.ass file You can add a static .ass file to an .ass render with the rrSubmitter commandline flag -CustomStaticAss "mystaticfile.ass". Maya 2017 vray 3.52 Render Setup Layers with VRay 3.52+ are supported. Cloud - Multiple Regions (support contract only) You can use multiple regions for cloud rendering. Cloud - Azure Batch support (support contract only) Azure Batch with Autodesk Maya and Arnold license (alpha) supported.
8.1.02 08.07.17		Total number of 48 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. 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) +10 Client groups You can create 30 client groups.
8.1.01 04.06.17		Total number of 54 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. Excel graph examples exports (support contract only) There are two example scripts to export client or job data from the RR stat files. Execute them with rrPythonconsole. Segment progress The background of the status message of the client in rrControl shows the progress of the current render segment. 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 Average Frame time There is a new function to calculate the average frame time based on finished client segments only. The old function calculates the frame time based on all frames found which includes frames being rendered and is therefore not accurate. The rrControl table shows both for now as "new~old" rrNews RSS Feed Open the rrNews RSS Feed via rrControl menu "help" Maya 2017 Render Setup The old Maya plugin does not support the new render setup overrides. Please unload the old Maya2009+ plugin and load the new Maya2017+ plugin in Maya. Stats image: max memory The stats image of each job in rrControl shows the maximum memory usage now (instead of the average memory usage before). Cineam4D: support different frame ranges per take Requires to reinstall the C4D plugin New Rhino submission (support contract only) There is a new Rhino submission plugin
8.1.00 17.04.17		Total of 64 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. 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 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. New render script for Cinema4D (support contract required) - Support for Keep Scene Open - Tiling without multiple scenes - Change Camera without multiple scenes - Ability to override image resolution Re-Execute jobs (support contract required) 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 contract required) Support now all functions and classes (as the python plugin). (Dynamic website in development). 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.
8.0.04 02.03.17		Total of 67 changes To view all changes, please take a look at the fixes list http://www.royalrender.de/fixes.html. Linux: apply systems umask for "other" rights The systems umask for the "other" rights have not been applied before Redshift: Windows: support node-locked licenses RR uses the license file which you have installed into the local redshift folder. Redshift 2.0.85 support Redshift 2.0.85 requires a environment change which has been applied Afx, Nuke: GPU settings Job thread GPU restrictions are applied. Submitter console: New flags -SendRendererOnly and -SendChannelOnly Cinema4D submission - The plugin does not ask for scene save if there was no change - Multipass tiles are assmbled - Right Rgb/Rgba multipass name choosen
8.0.03 26.01.17		Total of 59 changes Sequence check: .exr loader fix The Sequence checker was not able to delete some types of broken .exr files. Shotgun Python fix Some windows machines have not been able to execute the shotgun scripts as they did not found the SSL libraries. 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. 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) .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 Fusion 8 The Fusion submitter start plugin is working again.
8.0.02 23.12.16		Total of 39 changes New Render App: Redshift Standalone Redshfit .rs archive files can be rendered now. New Render App: Toon Boom Harmony A new render config as well as a scene parser for Toon Boom Harmony files. New Render App: Nokia OZO A new render config as well as a scene parser for Nokia OZO files. Houdini Redshift There have been multiple bug fixes and impreovements for Redshift in Houdini. Modo changes RR uses the new versioning of Modo. (10.01 instead of the old 1001) OSX: If you search for render apps of a client, the client chooses the commandline version of Modo as only choice. 3dsmax: Keep Render region setting RR keeps the render region settings that you have saved with your scene file. Tiled frames: 3dsmax with VRay Stereoscopic Helper Images rendered with the VRay Stereoscopic Helper can now be tiled. Please see help files. Sequence Checker: incomplete exr rrSequenceCheck will delete .exr files if the lib states that the file is not complete. Old RR version: The files was deleted if it was not able to be loaded. The other check was not used as renderman did not write complete exr files.
8.0.01 06.12.16		Total of 35 changes IMPORTANT: _inhouse renamed to __inhouse If you had custom _inhouse files (render_apps\_config\ or render_apps\_setenv\), please rename them to __inhouse after the update. (two underscores instead of one) IMPORTANT: Maya/Houdini: Farm wide VRay and Arnold installation folders If you are using farm-wide installation of Arnold or VRay, then you might have to change the source folder. An additional underscore was added before the renderer version. Check for the right path: Let a client get a job and check the render log for "XXX source path is".
8.0.00 22.11.16		Note: These changes are between beta3 and the final release. For a list of changes between RR 7 and RR 8, please see this help page: Informations about RR 8 Total of 64 changes All-OS rrEnv files Setenv files have been replaced/extended by all-OS rrEnv files. They can be disabled via rrConfig if you want to keep your current setenv configuration only. Please see www.royalrender.de/help8/index.html?Whatyouhavetochange.html OpenExr "Complete" flag RR has re-enabled an openEXR function that confirms if a .exr file was completed. If not, it is renamed as broken. In-House help page Each rrApp has a help link to an "in-house" help page. A page that you can edit with our own information. rrServer: new "check frames" timer The timer that is responsible that job output frames are counted was changed. Houdini Redshift Redshift for Houdini is now supported. Innobright Altus support The app Innobright Altus is now supported. Autopano Video support The app Autopano Video is now supported. Cinema 4D .ass export Arnold .ass files can be exported via RR.
8.0.beta3 12.10.16		Total of 91 changes OSX system rrWorkstationInstaller creates symlinks in /Application, your apps are cached locally on execution, rrWorkstationInstaller allows shutdown commands for non-root. Cloud rendering on Azure A new rrCloudManager application is the connection between your RR installation and the Azure cloud. It automatically creates/starts/stops your VMs and is able to create an OpenVPN tunnel. Custom job icons A job can contain a setting for a custom icon name for rrControl rrParseOutput Parse the output of any commandline to create switches at render time or fill an excel table with information about rrClient macbines. baCPUInfo A simple tool to show which features your CPU supports. e.g. to know if you can run the latest Arnold version baHddSpeedTest A new test application that can read and/or write files into a specified folder and measures the transfer speed. It can be executed on multiple machines and then started at the same time to test your fileserver and network speed better. FTrack connection A new connection to create and update render job items in FTrack. Python scene parser Add your custom scene format to the rrSubmitter. If you load a file, the rrSubmitter calls that scene parser that support this file extension. Python scripted jobs A new menu in the rrSubmitter to create jobs with python scripts. Python data module A new python data class to read RR files. - rrServer job statistic files for each user, project and render app. Stats are collected every 15 minutes. - rrServer global stats (same as in rrControl tab "Global Info") - rrClient stats with CPU usage, memory usage, current job, ... - Client group list - Frame stats, same data as in the "frames rendered" table in rrControl. - per Project - per Layer rendertime stats. rrSubmitter console python support The rrSubmitter console supports python as well. NodeJs library A new NodeJS library as proof on concept. It will be extended on request.
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