Couple problems trying to setup with 3DS 2013

anon80938303 · August 22, 2014, 2:50am

Hi from a first time user.

I’m trying to setup a second render box to put our old PC to good use. The new PC is Win7/64bit with 3DSMAX2013/64bit and the old PC is XP/32bit with 3DSMAX2013/32bit. When I submit the job from 3DSMAX to the old PC I get an error that it can’t find a 64bit version there. Is there a way to let it call the 32bit version? Perhaps someplace I have to shut off Force64bit? The error is:
Error in StartJob: No 64 bit 3dsmax 2013 render executable found in the semicolon <more unimportant stuff, the path is correct>

I think I was getting further by launching from the monitor, but then that gives us this error:
Error in StartJob: 3dsmax: Failed to load max file: “//Tree-pc/maxdata/folder A/folder B/deadline render test 1.max”

I have been able to successfully render the test scene by going to the old box, loading 3DSMAX2013 and then opening “//Tree-pc/maxdata/folder A/folder B/deadline render test 1.max” and using the usual render button, so I think I have all the networking setup right.

Tips appreciated!

dwallbridge · August 22, 2014, 5:12pm

Hello,

You can definitely do this, just make sure you are disabling the bitness check when you are submitting. I am including an image showing were the bitness check is set, and if you set it to none it won’t look for a specific one. I hope this helps.