Hi David,
The plug-in needs to be properly installed on all computers you'll use it.
The installation will depend if there is need of the "
interactive" mode (create, edit, render) or the computer (render slave) will be used just in "
non-interactive" mode (rendering assigned by service - backburner, distributed rendering or batch rendering - this service needs to be launched on computer with license).
In case of "interactive" mode, in the
Select License Type window the
Network/Floating License option should be marked (attaching screenshot). On the next window -
Configure the Network License - it'll search by default for you License Server automatically, but for some network configurations it's better to set the network license to the IP / name of the server rather than finding it automatically. This can be modified later, using the "
Change License Mode" wizard after setting Network license mode in
Configure the Network License window (attaching screenshot).
Once the license will be needed, the computer will borrow it from the
License Server.
All render machines can be used in "
Render slave" mode with the license activated on the workstation as the network rendering nodes don't use any type of license. This is required only to edit or render scenes on interactive Max sessions. The setup program includes a custom option for render nodes - under
Select Installation Type window choose the
Render slave node (attaching screenshot).
From Forest Pack 3.9.2 above, the setup program supports unattended installations. All necessary information regarding the installation of Forest Pack can be found in our
on-line reference guide (also
Unattended Installation and installation of "
Render slave node" mode). Also please note, that you can install Forest Pack on your render farm computers using the setup program, or copying files manually.
Just take in mind, that the rendering process needs to be started from the workstation with license (to assign job to render slaves using network rendering service). This way the render slave can render in "non-interactive" mode as the license is required only to edit or render scenes on interactive Max sessions.
Kind regards,