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Deadline 8.0.0.46 (Beta 5)

Deprecated Deadline 8 Builds
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IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL USERS:

Please read the Deadline 8.0 Licensing and Compatibility thread for important information regarding Deadline 8.0:
forums.thinkboxsoftware.com/vie … 09&t=13897

Full release notes for Deadline 8.0 can be found in the Deadline 8.0 documentation (see Downloads below).

Downloads

Installers and Documentation: thinkboxsoftware.box.com/s/wxxl … ir3h85f26r

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What’s New In Deadline 8.0.0.46 (Beta 5)

This release includes a bunch of bug fixes and improvements.

General Improvements

  • Added support for Mocha
  • ‘EventCallbacks’ is no longer a required setting for Event Plugins
  • Updated shipped version of Draft to v1.5.0.59410
  • Fixed Shotgun and FTrack integration to work properly in 8.0

API Improvements

  • Renamed the Task object’s “TaskSlaveMachineName” property to the more appropriate “TaskSlaveName”
  • Added some missing documentation for the Task Object

Launcher Improvements

  • Fixed the Launcher to be able to launch the Web Service

Monitor Improvements

  • Fixed some exceptions that occurred in the Job Dependency Graph
  • Added support for mPlay as an ImageViewer; $F# can now be used as a substitute for frame padding
  • Added ability to create Images from the Cloud panel
  • Fixed a bug where switching to/from Super User mode would mess up Ego-Centric sorting
  • Changed Farm Report forms to be non-modal
  • Job details panel will now be cleared when selecting multiple (or no) jobs
  • Added a dedicated button to the Report panels to save out the reports

Proxy Server Improvements

  • Fixed several bugs when running on Linux and OSX
  • Fixed a bug when running with ‘nohup’ in Linux

Slave Improvements

  • Fixed Slave to be able to acquire a license
  • Fixed a bug where the Slave would constantly pick up and fail jobs when connected to the DB but not the Deadline Repository share
  • Improved Slave Log streaming to be faster to start when connecting to a local Slave
  • Fixed a bug where the Slave would no long pick up a job it was working on after it was requeued

Web Service Improvements

  • Fixed a bug when running with ‘nohup’ in Linux

3dsMax Improvements

  • Added some sanity checks for undefined settings
  • Improved Stereo Camera detection to work with V-Ray Stereo Camera rigs

Anime Studio Improvements

  • Submitter not supports new command line options introduced in 11.2
  • Added support for rendering to animated GIF

Generation Improvements

  • Updated to work with the new Blackmagic API

Houdini Improvements

  • Fixed a bug which prevented submission of the scene file through the Monitor Submitter

Maya Improvements

  • Added a QuickTime Popup dialog handler for “Unsupported Display” when a machine rendering a maya job is auto-locked (for security compliance)

Nuke Improvements

  • Improved start-up speed for the integrated Nuke submitter
  • Added ability to force rendering Full or Proxy resolution
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