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Originally Posted by fimmel
thats a good idea. isint there a way to set up a virtual network of computers that people are willing to share and then animators can tell 3ds to use the network. i think i read that u could do that but sending the files would work too.
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Yes, Its called backburnner and there is a couple of problems with that. One problem is that the computer will have to be hooked up to this network all the time and stay on all the time. My computer that I animate with is not hooked up to the internet and never will be.
The second is that back burner will automatically start 3ds max and render the file even when the user of the computer will not want it to. Giving the files to the animator will allow the animator to render the files when they want to, not when Backbunner wants to.
Third some of us poor country folk still have dial up. (me) and we lunge at our friend's high speed internet connection and download and upload everything we need for the week when we are over at their house. So sadly some of our computers that we animate wont be able to keep up with the network swapping and such.
Fourth the network That we would set up wouldn't be that secure. You have to turn your firewall off in order for backbunner to work. (at least thats how we got it to work.
I think sending the files over the internet for the animator to render is an easier way.