Any reason why older versions of Lightning / XML can’t continue to be shipped with the latest version of Deadline. Extra file I/O is minimum on the farm compared to functionality of studios needing to run older versions of 3dsMax?
Hey Mike,
It actually has nothing to do with the extra file I/O. The decision was made primarily from a maintenance point of view. Eventually, support for older versions has to be dropped to keep the code base cleaner and to add new features that won’t work otherwise. For for the Autodesk products, that line was everything before 2010. This was a decision that was made for all of our products (ie: Krakatoa), and not just Deadline.
Cheers,
- Ryan