Fusion 5.3 Beta

Deadline
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preemptively checking to see if this is going to work when I have people sending on Beta renders here shortly...  Can I just enforce version, since there isn't a line for the executable in the plugins yet?

Joe

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Hey Joe,



We’re likely going to slightly tweak the Fusion5 plugin to support 5.3.

It will likely be minimal work to do so, so I’m sure once the time comes

we’ll be able to help you get it up and running quickly. In Deadline

3.0, we will likely remove the version specific setting and just have a

general path to specify the executable, so that we don’t have to tweak

the plugin for every minor release made.



To add support for 5.3, I would expect the following would have to be done:


  1. In Fusion5.dlinit, add the following code:

    RenderExecutable5_3=C:\Program Files\Fusion Render

    Slave\ConsoleSlave.exe;C:\Program Files (x86)\Fusion Render

    Slave\ConsoleSlave.exe

    WaitForExecutable5_3=




  2. In Fusion5.param, add the following code:

    [RenderExecutable5_3]

    Type=filename

    Default=C:\Program Files\Fusion Render Slave\ConsoleSlave.exe;C:\Program

    Files (x86)\Fusion Render Slave\ConsoleSlave.exe

    Description=The path to the Fusion 5 Console Slave executable used for

    rendering. Use a ; to separate alternative paths.



    [WaitForExecutable5_3]

    Type=string

    Default=

    Description=If you use a proxy ConsoleSlave.exe, set this to the name of

    the renamed original. For example, it might be set to

    ConsoleSlave_original.exe.




  3. Configure the Fusion 5 plugin through the monitor.





    That should be everything that is involved, but if you have problems,

    let us know.



    Cheers,
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You might also want to change the submission script to be closer to how the 3ds max one works where you can specify x32, x64 or both. Some comps are expected to be compatible between the versions, but anything that is reliant on an API that is not available for x32 or x64 will need to have a version enforcement in place.


  • Chad