IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL USERS:
Please read the Deadline 7.1 Licensing and Compatibility thread for important information regarding Deadline 7.1:
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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/2670 … 3tnv6l72vs
Documentation: thinkboxsoftware.box.com/s/4tvb … qlyjav53l7
What’s New In Deadline 7.1.0.29 (Release Candidate 3)
This is the third release candidate for Deadline 7.1, and includes various bug fixes and minor improvements.
Deadline 7.1 is now feature locked, and we will primarily be focusing on bug fixes over the next month or so. That being said, we are always accepting feature requests for future versions of Deadline.
Here are the highlighted changes:
General Improvements
- Removed some debug print statements that appeared in the submission results for a job.
- Fixed a bug in how the default font for the Deadline applications was chosen on OSX, which could cause the shortcuts in the menus to be displayed incorrectly.
Job Improvements
- Added option to use ‘sudo’ or ‘su’ on Linux and OSX when rendering the job as another user. Also added the option to preserve the environment when using ‘sudo’ or ‘su’.
- Fixed an Automatic Job Timeout logic bug. Now, if both Automatic Job Timeout options are enabled in the Repository Options, then both requirements must be met.
- A job no longer fails to submit if an empty Username value is set in the job info file. Instead, the current Deadline user on the machine is used.
Monitor Improvements
- When changing repositories while in super user mode, the monitor will stay in super user mode if the new repo doesn’t have a super user password, or will prompt for the password if it does have a super user password.
- Fixed a bug in the logic that determines if the Timeout Multiplier label in Automatic Job Timeout settings in the Repository Options is enabled or disabled.
- When launching a new instance via the Cloud panel, only enabled regions are now shown.
- Fixed a bug in how the output paths for Tile jobs were being displayed in the Check For Missing Output dialog in the Job panel.
Slave Improvements
- Fixed a bug in how the slaves would calculate the image file size for tasks from Tile jobs.
Balancer Improvements
- The primary balancer now tries to pull a license immediately after connecting to the repository. This ensures that the license information in the balancer GUI is correct when it pops up.
- The primary balancer will now check in its license if it is switched to standby mode while its running.
- The primary balancer will now explicitly check in its license when it is shut down.
Command Improvements
- Improved stdout when using commands that change a job’s state (like RequeueJob).
3ds Max Improvments
- Fixed a regression in how the vrayLog_show property was set by customize.ms at render time.
Fusion Improvements
- Fixed a bug in the integrated submitter that would prevent job submission from working for certain versions of Fusion 7.x.
Hiero Improvements
- When submitting a sequence with a custom in/out time, the integrated Hiero submitter now sets the end frame properly.
Microstation Improvements
- Added submission option that replaces mapped drive letters with UNC paths in the scene file and output file paths.
Google Cloud Improvements
- Numbers can now be used in instance names (note that the first character in the instance name must be a lowercase letter).