Stupid question: how do I get deadline to render two frames/tasks simultaneously on one slave?
I am testing some dual-proc dual-core render nodes and want to compare times for one frame with four threads vs. two frames with two threads each, etc. I thought there was a way to set the slave to start 2 tasks at a time, but can't remember.
Hi Mike,
Some plugins support concurrent tasks, which can be set by right-clicking on a job in the Monitor and selecting Modify Properties. If a plugin doesn’t support this, the concurrent task options will be greyed out.
Plugins that don’t support concurrent tasks are 3dsmax5…8, DFusion/Fusion5, and Combusion3. The way Deadline communicates with these applications doesn’t allow for more than one instance of them running concurrently.
Cheers,
Ryan Russell
Frantic Films Software
http://software.franticfilms.com/
(204)949-0070