question about rendering...

[kalamadeasidhe]

I want to setup network rendering for my school, but I am having trouble finding a list of command line arguments anywhere or a good way to setup network rendering. It will be in linux only. The machine would need to swap files automagically. What I mean is that students will throw renders into a folder and I will scan for them with a little script and set them to render. My question about it is this: does indigo have a timed kill mode so that it will render for x minutes/hours before quitting? Using the kill command seems really messy if I can get around it with an official method. I think indigo is great at making anything look good, so I'm pushing for the students to learn it.

Thanks!
~Dee

[zsouthboy]

Indigo doesn't have a mode (stop at x muts) like that built in yet, sorry.

Someone else did a Linux script to do a similar thing, already, I can't remember who, though.

[hstokholm]

The script can be found at this thread :

http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/fo ... .php?t=706

I think you will find it handy I haven't had a chance to test it out yet though, but from the description it seems to suit your needs..

Heine

[kalamadeasidhe]

The script can be found at this thread :

http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/fo ... .php?t=706

I think you will find it handy I haven't had a chance to test it out yet though, but from the description it seems to suit your needs..

Heine

Thank you, guys!

[OnoSendai]

Sry.. will document command line args soon.. i promise

-halt X
will stop the Indigo after X seconds.

[kalamadeasidhe]

Sry.. will document command line args soon.. i promise

-halt X
will stop the Indigo after X seconds.

oh, that's awesome, thanks! Do you have any to control a "render until mutations =" on network slaves?

[Apollux3D]

Sry.. will document command line args soon.. i promise

Cann´t hardly wait !

Please tell me there is an option to specify a port other than 7777 for the -n m