Comments on: Loki Render – create your own render farm http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/ Fresh Blender News, Every Day Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:06:38 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: danieru http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-485769 danieru Sat, 30 May 2009 19:04:44 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-485769 Hi, Sorry I haven't visited this announcement in a while ,so I didn't see you questions. If you post questions on Loki Render's forum here: http://loki-render.berlios.de/index.php/forum I'll see them come in and be able to get to them faster:-) Mektawik, To run loki on Mac OS X: 1. Open a terminal window (go to Applications -> Utilities). 2. Type 'mono loki_052.exe' from the directory where you put the loki exe file. If you need more information on how to use a terminal, this looks like a good resource: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html And here's more information on using mono on Mac: http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:OSX I don't own a Mac so can't test this, but it ought to work. Let me know how it goes. Tom(not Ton), The latest version (0.5.2) now reports the last task time in the grunts list, so you can see how long each of the grunts is taking to render frames. Yikes, is clicking 'online help' consistently killing the whole app? I only have access to a Vista machine right now, so I can't test on XP. If you could provide more info that would be great (the Loki forums is a good place to talk). Thanks for letting me know! Hi,
Sorry I haven't visited this announcement in a while ,so I didn't see you questions. If you post questions on Loki Render's forum here:

http://loki-render.berlios.de/index.php/forum

I'll see them come in and be able to get to them faster:-)

Mektawik,
To run loki on Mac OS X:
1. Open a terminal window (go to Applications -> Utilities).
2. Type 'mono loki_052.exe' from the directory where you put the loki exe file.

If you need more information on how to use a terminal, this looks like a good resource:

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html

And here's more information on using mono on Mac:

http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:OSX

I don't own a Mac so can't test this, but it ought to work. Let me know how it goes.

Tom(not Ton),
The latest version (0.5.2) now reports the last task time in the grunts list, so you can see how long each of the grunts is taking to render frames.

Yikes, is clicking 'online help' consistently killing the whole app? I only have access to a Vista machine right now, so I can't test on XP. If you could provide more info that would be great (the Loki forums is a good place to talk). Thanks for letting me know!

]]> By: Tom (not Ton) http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-484331 Tom (not Ton) Sun, 17 May 2009 13:52:13 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-484331 Cool, I had a pile of computer parts on hand...now that my wallet is much lighter I've got another computer up and running and so far so good...parts for the other 3 on the way. Just setting it up I had to learn how to do some stuff, so that alone is a good thing. One question, and I plan to post over there in the forums once I register, but is there any way to report render times somehow? I'm not familiar with this kind of thing. Also, clicking the "online help" killed loki running through mono on XP SP2 Cool, I had a pile of computer parts on hand…now that my wallet is much lighter I've got another computer up and running and so far so good…parts for the other 3 on the way.

Just setting it up I had to learn how to do some stuff, so that alone is a good thing.

One question, and I plan to post over there in the forums once I register, but is there any way to report render times somehow? I'm not familiar with this kind of thing.

Also, clicking the "online help" killed loki running through mono on XP SP2

]]> By: Mektawik http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-483811 Mektawik Mon, 11 May 2009 23:24:53 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-483811 well how do you use a .exe on a mac? well how do you use a .exe on a mac?

]]> By: danieru http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-483178 danieru Sun, 03 May 2009 21:56:39 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-483178 Loki Render 0.5.1 minor release This minor release brings some great features and bug fixes. New features: * Job and task progress is now automatically saved between Loki master sessions. This means that all current job and task info is saved when you quit Loki master, then restored the next time you start Loki Master. * Loki now supports a no GUI/command line grunt mode. This makes it possible to launch Loki grunt from scripts; great for automation on large farms. Simply pass the 'gruntcl' argument to Loki on startup. (e.g. 'mono loki_0.5.1.exe gruntcl') Fixes: * The Select Role window now correctly exits when user closes the window. * On Loki master startup, 'Total cores:' now correctly reports '0' when no grunts are connected. Please report any bugs to the sourceforge.net tracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=201503 Cheers! Loki Render 0.5.1 minor release

This minor release brings some great features and bug fixes.
New features:

* Job and task progress is now automatically saved between Loki master sessions. This means that all current job and task info is saved when you quit Loki master, then restored the next time you start Loki Master.
* Loki now supports a no GUI/command line grunt mode. This makes it possible to launch Loki grunt from scripts; great for automation on large farms. Simply pass the 'gruntcl' argument to Loki on startup. (e.g. 'mono loki_0.5.1.exe gruntcl')

Fixes:

* The Select Role window now correctly exits when user closes the window.
* On Loki master startup, 'Total cores:' now correctly reports '0' when no grunts are connected.

Please report any bugs to the sourceforge.net tracker:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=201503

Cheers!

]]> By: txrx http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-482968 txrx Fri, 01 May 2009 13:54:03 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-482968 Fired this up on a couple of (Windows) machines at home, works nicely very simple and straight forward. Would like to thank the author since it's a real nice little util and has a great potential to be developed further! Fired this up on a couple of (Windows) machines at home, works nicely very simple and straight forward. Would like to thank the author since it's a real nice little util and has a great potential to be developed further!

]]> By: danieru http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-482904 danieru Fri, 01 May 2009 08:12:43 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-482904 With the Mono framework. It's an alternative to the Microsoft .NET framework and will (generally speaking), run .NET compiled applications, or Mono compiled applications. The Mono framework can be installed on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X. To use Loki Render on Mac OS X: 1. Go to the Mono download page here: http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html 2. Click on 'Mac OS X' 3. Click on 'Mono 2.4_7 Framework - Universal', download and install the package. 4. Go to the directory where you saved the loki_0.5exe file. 5. Either from the command line or a shortcut/launcher, use the line 'mono loki_0.5.exe' to start Loki Render! With the Mono framework. It's an alternative to the Microsoft .NET framework and will (generally speaking), run .NET compiled applications, or Mono compiled applications. The Mono framework can be installed on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X.

To use Loki Render on Mac OS X:

1. Go to the Mono download page here:

http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html

2. Click on 'Mac OS X'

3. Click on 'Mono 2.4_7 Framework – Universal', download and install the package.

4. Go to the directory where you saved the loki_0.5exe file.

5. Either from the command line or a shortcut/launcher, use the line 'mono loki_0.5.exe' to start Loki Render!

]]> By: Mektawik http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-482882 Mektawik Fri, 01 May 2009 05:24:18 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-482882 how do you get this to run on mac? how do you get this to run on mac?

]]> By: RNS http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-482870 RNS Fri, 01 May 2009 01:08:26 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-482870 good info,Although I think GLSl is tomorrow real time render which will make present farming rendering that of a 1901 technology. I hope that a developer will code a two rendering system in one with a convention data matrix to output to photo in real time. Ok, the light source need to be constrain to the object not in the 3d environment. 3d environment is infinitive and will absorbed data to max.yes,this how scientist think its call "crazy thinking". got that Ton! good info,Although I think GLSl is tomorrow real time render which will make present farming rendering that of a 1901 technology. I hope that a developer will code a two rendering system in one with a convention data matrix to output to photo in real time. Ok, the light source need to be constrain to the object not in the 3d environment. 3d environment is infinitive and will absorbed data to max.yes,this how scientist think its call "crazy thinking". got that Ton!

]]> By: n-pigeon http://www.blendernation.com/loki-render-create-your-own-render-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-482866 n-pigeon Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:50:44 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=7712#comment-482866 Yey, I was looking for something like that :D with support for many OS :D sweet. Yey, I was looking for something like that :D with support for many OS :D sweet.

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