IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL USERS:
Please read the Deadline 7.2 Licensing and Compatibility thread for important information regarding Deadline 7.2:
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Full release notes for Deadline 7.2.1 can be found in the Deadline 7.2.1 documentation (see Downloads below).
Downloads
Installers and Documentation: thinkboxsoftware.box.com/s/ujj9 … dal4ugugxt
What’s New In Deadline 7.2.1.6 (Release Candidate 3)
This release fixes some bugs, and makes some minor improvements.
Note that a 7.2 license is still required to run this version. If you have a license for Deadline 7.1 or earlier, you will need an updated license. In addition, the version of Draft that ships with Deadline 7.2 needs a new 1.4 license. If you have a license for Draft 1.3 or earlier, you will need an updated license.
General Improvements
- Fixed MongoDB authentication code to check against the admin DB if the admin token is specified.
Launcher Improvements
- The launcher no longer crashes when an error occurs executing a delayed process via a remote command.
- The launcher can now run idle shutdown commands from pulse that contain a colon.
Monitor Improvements
- Fixed “Numer” typo in CPU/GPU affinity pages in the Slave Settings dialog.
Slave Improvements
- The slave now accepts ~ as an argument to -name in the command line, in which case it simply starts up the default slave.
Balancer Improvements
- Fixed a memory leak in the balancing logic plugin system.
Command Improvements
- Fixed DeadlineCommand to authenticate properly when connecting to MongoDB.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent ‘selectdependencies’ from working in DeadlineCommand.
3ds Max Improvements
- Updated the RPM submission scripts to fix various issues with how default/sticky settings were being applied.
- Fixed a bug in SMTD where the stereo camera in the viewport would potentially process the Batch list multiple times.
- In SMTD, merging XRef Scenes that are missing now removes the missing entry before submitting to avoid failure at render time.
- Updated Corona renderer specific properties to support Corona 1.3.
- Updated VRay renderer specific properties to support VRay 3.35.
- Fixed typo in “Renderer Overrides” in the 3dsmax.options plugin file.
- Improved SMTD log message for current 3ds Max scene file.
- Fixed QuickDraft loading issue in SMTD (DraftCodec wasn’t being set nor was the .NET hashtable initialized correctly). An error message in SMTD UI_report was then resolved as a result.
- Improved QuickDraft SMTD log message.
- Changed the way we handle the MAXScript Debugger dialog so it works for all OS languages no matter what language the OS or 3dsMax is being run as.
- Added popup ignorers for Corona VFB saving image dialog and error message dialog.
- Fixed a typo in the CheckForTgaBitDepth sanity check for SMTD.
- Re-worked logic for VRay off-load DBR when it removes the “localhost” from taking part in the VRay DBR render.
After Effects Improvements
- Progress reporting now works for timecode and frame based progress. Before, it was only working for timecode based progress.
- The Include Output Path option is now sticky, and Local Rendering is now disabled if Include Output Path is disabled.
Cinema 4D Improvements
- Relative output paths are now handled property by the integrated submitter.
- Fixed a bug in the integrated submitter that prevented scenes without Takes from being submitted.
Draft Improvements
- Fixed some case sensitivity issues with the DNxHD codec name for Quick Draft in a few submission scripts.
Mantra Standalone Improvements
- Updated Mantra Path Mapping tooltip in the Plugin Configuration as we no longer use the HOUDINI_PATHMAP environment variable.
Maya Improvements
- The integrated submitter now ignores referenced render layers when checking if the scene contains multiple render layers.
- For Jigsaw and tile jobs that use VRay, the alpha pass is now assembled if it was rendered separately.
- Fixed a “placeholderText” bug in the integrated submitter that affected Maya 2013 and earlier.
- Jigsaw and tile jobs no longer try to assemble render elements when rendering to a single multichannel exr file.
- The integrated submitter now properly handles having both arnold AOV’s and renderlayers in the same scene when region rendering.
- The integrated submitter now properly handles Arnold output paths when a camera is being used.
Microstation Improvements
- Reworked how we install Microstation so that the dgnlib is included with the rest of our components so the only major file that matters for installation is the DLSubmit_Config.cfg file.
- Updated Microstation Monitor submitter to include Light Setup.
modo Improvements
- Added the option to specify a Project directory when submitting a modo job to Deadline from the Monitor.
- Updated path mapping in the modo plugin to handle relative paths in videoSequence objects.
Nuke Improvements
- Extra info properties initExtraInfo0-initExtraInfo9 have been added to the DeadlineGlobals.py file for the integrated submitter. This allows Nuke sanity check scripts to set those values automatically if required.
- Integration setting (Shotgun, Nim, Ftrack, DRaft) are now ignored for Sequence jobs that are submitted from NukeStudio.
- The Nuke FrameServer submitter now tries to set the default hostname to the current machine if the hostname field is empty.
- The Quick Draft option in the integrated Nuke submitter now uses a checkbox instead of a radio button so that it works in earlier versions of Nuke.
Shotgun Improvements
- The shotgun event plugin now performs path mapping on paths when uploading a thumbnail or movie.
Sketchup Improvements
- When submitting from within Sketchup, the submitter will automatically set the Scene name to render.
Softimage Improvements
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Softimage submitter from opening if the FTRACK_CONNECT_EVENT environment variable wasn’t defined.
VRED Improvements
- Added Stdout handler for when “no valid license found” to VRED & VREDCluster plugins.