Deadline 8.0.0.52 (Beta 8)

jgaudet · February 16, 2016, 12:28am

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL USERS:

Please read the Deadline 8.0 Licensing and Compatibility thread for important information regarding Deadline 8.0:
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Full release notes for Deadline 8.0 can be found in the Deadline 8.0 documentation (see Downloads below).

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jgaudet · February 16, 2016, 12:29am

What’s New In Deadline 8.0.0.52 (Beta 8)

This release includes a bunch of bug fixes and improvements.

General Improvements

Updated shipping version of Mono to 4.2.2 to address GC-related crashes on newer Linux kernels
Added Repository and Integration versions to the About dialogs
Replaced ‘dbConnect.xml’ in the Repository with ‘connection.ini’ to be more consistent with the rest of our config files
Fixed MongoDB authentication to always use the default authentication method (SCRAM-SHA-1 on new 3.0+ DBs, MONGODB-CR on older ones)
Fixed a bug where the Repository connection form could be blank when currently connected to a Repository

Installer Improvements

Fixed some permission issues with the client and repository installers
The option to Set Permissions is now enabled by default in the Repository Installer
Setting permissions on Linux/OSX is now done recursively on all folders
Setting permissions on Linux now sets the owner/group to nobody/nogroup, respectively
Removed kernel check from the Linux client installer, since Mono 4.2.2 fixes the kernel-related issues we were seeing
The Client installer now installs some certificates that are required for UBL

Launcher Improvements

The ‘Connect to Slave Log’ action no longer shows up when no Slave is selected in the Local Slave Controls dialog
Updated ‘Change Region’ dialog to include Cloud regions

Monitor Improvements

Fixed a bug in the Power Management window that could occur when PM groups created in an older version of Deadline were present
Pinning new layouts will now update the list of pinned layouts properly
Added ability to create Mapped Paths for unrecognized regions
Fixed a bug that prevented Jobs from archiving properly
Fixed a display bug with counts on Slave and Job Report panels
Fixed a bug where Slave Information was not getting loaded properly with >200 slaves
Fixed some more model-related warnings that could occur in the Monitor

Proxy Server Improvements

Fixed some bugs related to the Proxy Server loading repository files on Linux and OSX
Fixed some bugs related to the Proxy Server’s local caching
Fixed a bug where the PythonSync folder was not getting cached properly when connecting via proxy
Fixed some unclosed sockets that were causing issues with the Proxy Server

Slave Improvements

Changed the Slave to check out fewer Task-level Limits than its max thread count, if there aren’t that many available
Fixed a socket handle leak that was introduced in the previous build

3dsMax Improvements

Fixed a bug in SMTD sanity check script where it was trying to use a newer property in older versions of 3dsMax
Cleaned up timestamps in SMTD and 3dsMax VRay DBR submitters to enforce consistent formatting
Added dotNet-based command functions to SMTD for file-less communication with DeadlineCommand
Added the Batch Render submission fix for RE filenames to SMTD
Added a preliminary UI to SMTD to show/edit the Extra Info Keys and Env.Keys
Added smart collapsed rollout titles to SMTD showing a compressed overview of the content

Harmony Improvements

Houdini Improvements

Fixed a bug in the Monitor Submitter that prevented some region rendering jobs from being submitted

Maya Improvements

Added support for Bifrost, Flud, and Geometry caching to integrated submitter
Added support for Alembic export to integrated submitter
Added support for generic scripting to integrated submitter
The integrated Maya submitter now properly orders the Render element folders when submitting a vray job with separate folders checked