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Deadline 7.1.0.16 (Beta 2)

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#1

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL USERS:

Please read the Deadline 7.1 Licensing and Compatibility thread for important information regarding Deadline 7.1:
viewtopic.php?f=204&t=12100&p=53363#p53363

Full release notes for Deadline 7.1 can be found in the Deadline 7.1 documentation (see Downloads below).

Downloads

Installers: thinkboxsoftware.box.com/s/pphx … 5qsc1z56ry
Documentation: thinkboxsoftware.box.com/s/4tvb … qlyjav53l7

Note that the documentation is not complete yet, but most of the new features have been documented.

#2

What’s New In Deadline 7.1.0.16 (Beta 2)

This release adds enhanced logic for balanced/weighted job scheduling, which helps the Slaves make better decisions about which job they should be rendering. It also fixes a region bug that prevented Path Mapping from working properly. Finally, it adds support for Maxwell 3.1’s new Extra Sampling options.

Here are the highlighted changes:

Enhanced Logic for Balanced/Weighted Job Scheduling

An experimental Enhanced Balancing Logic option has been added for balanced/weighted scheduling options in the Job Scheduling settings. When this option is enabled, the Slaves will use the new SlaveJobState collection in the database to get a more accurate snapshot of all the rendering jobs in the farm, and use this information to make better decisions about which job they should be rendering.

Testing has shown that when this option is enabled, a proper distribution of Slaves among jobs is much more consistent, and Slaves no longer jump between jobs of the same priority. The result is more predictable behavior, and less wasted time due to the overhead of switching between jobs that are expensive to start up.

General Improvements

  • Fixed a region bug that was preventing Path Mapping from working properly.

Installer Improvements

  • Added Nuke Frame Server Submission monitor submission script to 2D sub menu in the Monitor.

Job Improvements

  • Added an “Enhanced Balancing Logic” option for balanced/weighted scheduling options. It’s an experimental feature that helps prevent slaves from jumping between jobs.

Monitor Improvements

  • Added an option to the View menu to save all pinned layouts to a zip file.
  • Added Pulse remote commands to Monitor to perform housecleaning, pending job scan, repository repair, and power management check.
  • Added Balancer remote commands to Monitor to perform balancing.

Balancer Improvements

  • Added icon to the Perform Balancing menu item in the Balancer UI.

Command Improvements

  • More job properties are now supported by the GetJobSetting and SetJobSetting commands.
  • Added GetJobExtraInfoKeyValue and SetJobExtraInfoKeyValue commands to get/set key/values in the job’s Extra Info dictionary.
  • Added GetJobPluginInfoKeyValue and SetJobPluginInfoKeyValue commands to get/set key/values in the job’s Plugin Info dictionary.

3ds Cmd Improvements

  • Fixed a bug in the Monitor submitter.

3ds Max Improvements

  • Sub State-Sets and Scripted State-Sets now supported in SMTD.
  • Unified color scheme in SMTD.
  • Blacklist/whitelist now shows the slave states by coloring the items in the list in SMTD.
  • The Batch Name for jobs is now supported for all job type submissions in SMTD.
  • Updated support for some Corona advanced options that recently changed.
  • Fixed a bug with Quicktime job submission in SMTD.
  • Added popup handler for ADSK license dialog popup when you ‘borrow’ a license.
  • Added popup handler for Populate dialog.

Maxwell Improvements

  • Added support for Maxwell 3.1’s new Extra Sampling options, which can be overridden in the Maxwell submitter.
  • Fixed an error when submitting Maxwell jobs that prevented them from being submitted.
  • The Minimum Sampling Level value is now 0 instead of 1.
  • Stripped out a bunch of unnecessary plugin info settings that were set by the submitter when submitting a merge job.

Maya Improvements

  • VRay render elements can now be viewed from the Monitor when the job is submitted with the integrated Maya submitter.

modo Improvements

  • Fixed a typo in the description of the Geometry Cache Buffer setting in the modo plugin configuration.
  • Fixed a bug with the VRay option in the Monitor submitter.

Nuke Improvements

  • Fixed a bug that caused older versions of Nuke to not be able to use the integrated submitter.
  • Added support for sequence/container submission in Nuke Studio.

VRay DBR Improvements

  • The integrated submitter for 3ds Max now disables the port option unless V-Ray RT is being used.
  • The port number in the integrated submitter is now disabled after the render begins.
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