Fusion 5 and higher supports path mapping. And in some cases it tends to automatically replace filepaths with path maps.
But this causes a problem because deadline will move the .comp file somewhere else. So any references to "Comp:" will be broken.
Can the submission script be smart enough to hard code the relative paths to a UNC path?
Thanks.
Ben.
You can turn this feature off in Fusion.
In preferences/pathMap switch on the Enable reverse mapping of non-user paths.
For existing comps you have to do this in the preferences of the comp.
That doesn’t seem to work.
And if you happen to choose to have it work for your workstation (if you like that feature), that doesn’t necessarily mean you want it on your farm.
Have you tried unchecking the “Submit Comp File” box when submitting the
job? This requires that your comp file be network accessible, because
Deadline won’t submit the comp file with the job. Instead, the slaves
load it directly from its current location. Since the file isn’t being
moved, maybe the mapped paths won’t get messed up.
One issue I could imagine with hard-coding the paths in the comp before
submitting it to Deadline would be if the paths on the renderfarm were
mapped differently than those on the workstations.
Cheers,