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For information on Distributed rendering settings in Cinema 4D, please see the Common tab page.

The complete setup follows the steps:

  1. Install only the Standalone version of V-Ray for Cinema 4D on each render server machine.
  2. Start the Installer and choose the Advanced option. Select the Standalone option as shown in the screenshot.

 

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Make sure you use the same Cinema 4D and V-Ray versions on all machines!

 

 

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1. Start the DR server on the render server machine. To do that, open the cmd and run "C:\Program Files\MAXON\Cinema 4D Rnn\plugins\V-Ray\res\libs\win64\vray.exe" -server

If you are using more than one render server machine, you have to perform this operation on each of them!

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You can also start the render server from the Start Menu > V-Ray for Cinema 4D > Launch V-Ray render server

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When installing V-Ray for Cinema 4D and choosing Installation type: Standalone, note that the location of the vray.exe file will be in C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\Cinema 4D\bin\vray.exe .

 

 

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2. On the render client machine, go to Cinema 4D's Render Settings > V-Ray > Common > Distributed Rendering and enable Distributed Rendering. Then, press the Render Hosts button and open the V-Ray Distributed Rendering window.

What you need to do now, is to add the render servers IP's. That is the IP address of the machines that will do the render job.

You can add as many render servers as you wish.

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The default Port is 20207. Please leave it as it is if you don't specifically know that you need something else.

All render servers use the same port. 

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3. Render the scene.

You can see the rendering process via the new VFB.

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1. Start the DR server on the server machine. To do that, open the Terminal and run "/Applications/MAXON/Cinema\ 4D\ Rnn/plugins/V-Ray/res/libs/osx/vray -server"

If you are using more than one render server machine, you have to perform this operation on each of them!

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 2. On the render client machine, go to Cinema 4D's Render Settings > V-Ray > Common > Distributed Rendering and enable Distributed Rendering. Then, press the Render Hosts button and open the V-Ray Distributed Rendering window.

What you need to do now, is to add the render servers IP's. That is the IP address of the machines that will do the render job.

You can add as many render servers as you wish.

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The default Port is 20207. Please leave it as it is if you don't specifically know that you need something else.

All render servers use the same port. 

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3. Render the scene.

You can see the rendering process via the new VFB.

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