IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL USERS:
This only applies to users running beta 17 or earlier. Beta 18 contained a breaking change that will affect all jobs submitted with beta 17 or earlier. It also broke the SMTD submission script for 3ds Max. So if you are running beta 17 or earlier, note these key points:
- Jobs submitted with beta 17 or earlier will not render with beta 18, and vice versa.
- The SMTD client script must be installed on the workstations again.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR LINUX USERS:
This only applies to Linux users who are running beta 17 or earlier. Beta 18 updated the version PyQt libraries so that they are the same version as the Windows and OSX versions. Because these updated libraries are installed by the Client installer only, the Client installer must be run to properly upgrade. This means that if you have beta 17 or earlier, you must manually reinstall the Clients again, as opposed to using Deadline’s auto-update feature. After you are running a minimum of beta 18, you will be able to use Deadline’s auto-update feature to upgrade from beta 18 to beta 19 and so on.
See the Upgrading documentation in the CHM or PDF Deadline 6 manuals for more information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR MAC OSX USERS:
This only applies to Mac OSX users who are running beta 14 or earlier. Beta 15 included a key fix for auto-updating on Mac OSX. This means that if you have beta 14 or earlier, you must manually reinstall the Clients again, as opposed to using Deadline’s auto-update feature. After you are running a minimum of beta 15, you will be able to use Deadline’s auto-update feature to upgrade from beta 15 to beta 16 and so on.
See the Upgrading documentation in the CHM or PDF Deadline 6 manuals for more information.
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What’s New In Deadline 6.0.51109 (Beta 19)
This release fixes a bunch of bugs and adds a few missing features.
General Improvements
- MongoDB 2.4.1 is now shipped with the Repository installers.
Installer Improvements
- The Linux Repository installer now shows a warning if you are installing MongoDB and the system’s Open File limit is below the recommended setting.
- The Mac Repository installer now supports spaces in the installation path.
- The Windows Repository installer will now check if the machine has to be restarted after installing the .NET 4.0 profile (if it wasn’t installed already).
- The Windows Client installer will now check if the machine has to be restarted after installing the .NET 4.0 profile or the VC++ redistributables (if they weren’t installed already).
- The 3ds Max RPManager client script is now installed by the Repository installers.
Launcher Improvements
- There are no longer duplicate entries in the Change Repository drop down.
Monitor Improvements
- Drag and Drop job dependencies is now supported again.
- When setting dependencies, the selected jobs are now filtered out of the list of jobs to choose from.
- When sending Remote Control commands, the Remote Commands panel will be opened if one isn’t already.
- Added right-click options to the Job and Slave lists to delete reports.
- Fixed a sorting issue in the Power Management group list that caused settings for one group to overwrite another group.
- There are no longer duplicate entries in the Change Repository drop down.
- The Auto Job Cleanup setting now persists in the Repository Options.
- Fixed the -help command line information for the -shutdown option.
Slave Improvements
- Fixed an error that occurred when the Slave tried to dequeue tasks for a job that had a missing task collection.
- The Slave Log Window now has a Maximize option.
- Fixed the -help command line information for the -shutdown option.
Pulse Improvements
- Fixed the -help command line information for the -shutdown option.
3ds Max Improvements
- Fixed a machine limit bug in SMTD.
- There is now a 10 minute timeout for the customize.ms script.
Draft Improvements
- Added the option to set the Limit for the Draft event plugin.
- The Draft plugin can now deal with multiple tasks with different frame ranges.
Maxwell Improvements
- Added command line option to export extra channels.
Nuke Improvements
- Added tooltips to the integrated submission script.
- The concurrent task setting is now sticky in the integrated submission script.
Tile Assembler Improvements
- The Tile Assembler submission window now shows the proper icon.
VRay Standalone Improvements
- The Path Mapping settings in the plugin configuration now refer to vrscene files instead of aepx files.