This is the eighth beta build for Deadline 8.1, and the first Release Candidate build. This means that going forward, 8.1 development will be solely focused on bug fixing.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL USERS:
Please read the Deadline 8.1 Licensing and Compatibility thread for important information regarding Deadline 8.1: forums.thinkboxsoftware.com/vie … 09&t=14476
NOTICE OF KNOWN BUG WITH AUTO-UPGRADE:
There is also a known bug when auto-upgrading from a version older than 8.1.4.6 – the auto-upgrade will fail to set execute permissions on the newly-added “deadlinesandbox” shell script on Linux/Mac OS. For this reason, we recommend using the Client installers to upgrade to this revision from versions older than 8.1.4.6, or be sure to manually add execute permissions to that script after the auto-upgrade.
Full release notes can be found in the Deadline 8.1 documentation (see Downloads below).
Deadline 8.1 RC1 Release Notes
This release includes various bugfixes and minor improvements across the board, but also includes all the fixes made in intervening builds of Deadline 8.0, up to (and including) v8.0.12.4.
Added keyboard shortcuts to Delete, Pause, Resume and Cancel work items in the ‘Background Operations’ panel.
Added better error messaging for the case when the current Repository’s ‘connection.ini’ is blank/empty.
Added ‘Output File Size’ entries (average and total) to the Job Details panel.
Added ‘Start Date Time’ column to the Complete Job Stats report.
Updated the Submission Params panel to be read-only.
Fixed the sorting in the Limit, Power Management, and Slave Scheduling dialogs to be consistent with the Slaves Panel’s sorting.
Added a movable splitter between the Submission Params and Plugin Params in the Job Properties dialog.
Web Service Improvements
Updated some error messaging to contain the endpoint being used.
Application Plugin Improvements General Improvements
Updated Quick Draft UI to properly enable/disable the annotation controls.
In-app submitters should now be able to be overridden by copies in ‘custom/submission//Main’.
Pipeline Tools event plugins should now be able to be overridden by copies in ‘custom/events’.
Updated several submission interfaces to use the new Pipeline Tools UI.
3dsMax
Added support for V-Ray 3.45.01.
Fixed V-Ray’s Raw and Split buffer options to work whether Local Rendering is enabled or not.
Fixed SMTD to properly handle an edge case that occurred when the V-Ray VFB was enabled.
Updated sanity check for duplicate render elements to only run when applicable.
Improved the MaxScript Job template to provide better error messaging in order to assist in debugging.
The 3dsMax and 3dsCmd plugins now ensure that the output directory has been created.
Cinema4D
Changed the C4DTeamRender plugin to be able to auto-complete the Job if a timeout occurs.
Command Line
Added ability to specify the command to run through a shell, instead of directly through Deadline.
Corona
Added support for Corona Standalone 1.5.
Added version control for Corona Standalone (1.4 or 1.5 currently).
Exposed new options to the Monitor Submitter and Job Properties dialog.
Episode
Added more verbose logging in the Episode plugin to help with debugging issues.
Katana
Fixed a regression introduced in the Katana in-app submitter that prevented it from launching.
Fixed a potential dead-lock issue in the Katana in-app submitter.
Added enhanced StdOut handlers to the Katana plugin when using the Arnold Standalone renderer.
Added support for relative paths by exposing the ability to control the Katana startup directory.
Exposed various Katana options to the Job Properties UI.
Media Encoder
Added support for Media Encoder 2017.
Fixed plugin to work properly on machines that use IPv6.
Added support for maintaining separate versions of Media Encoder.
Modo
Updated the Modo plugin’s Path Mapping to be able to work with Unicode filenames.
Nuke
Tweaked the width of the Nuke integrated submitter to display all controls without needing to resize the dialog.
Fixed the Nuke in-app submitter for V-Ray standalone.
Fixed the Submitter Installer for the Nuke in-app submitter for V-Ray Standalone.
Added a log message to the Nuke plugin detailing whether or not Path Mapping was currently enabled.
Rhino
Addressed an issue with Rhino tasks completing early in Deadline when using the Maxwell renderer.
Sketchup
Added support for Sketchup 2017.
VRED
Added Region Rendering capability to the VRED plugin and submitter.
Event Plugin Improvements Shotgun
Updated the Shotgun UI to allow it to work without any Episode or Sequence defined in the Project.