Screamernet Setup Tutorial - Lightwave3d 8.5 HD 720P

After figuring this out without a video tutorial we decided to make one. I hope you enjoy it, and find it useful - Warren from Affordable Computer Services. Thanks to Scott Harris for making this possible and doing most of the work. www.bez4u.com Copyright 2009

Screamernet Setup Tutorial - Lightwave3d 8.5 HD 720P
[10:59:27 PM] Scott Harris: Find Lightwave Location
Move to Drive C
Rename lightwave to a good name


open lightwave
Fix General options
Fix Plugins
Close lightwave


Share Lightwave folder
Make Vista Shortcut Thingy (or xp on desktop)


screamernet operates off 3 folders
Make 3 new folder in lightwave folder: screamercommand ; screamercfg; screamersave

Copy config files

edit to make it network ready
for \\\\ before - \\ between folders

go to programs folder

edit startlwsn_node.bat


Fix first lines to correct batch errors add node one

map new network - locations Keep open
For Content
For config
for both command and acknowledge


load scene, set save images, network location
save scene
network render
set location of command folder


open startlwsn_node.bat off Hard drive

Init network

load scene
render

verify no errors

cancel for now

copy startlwsn_node.bat

rename to CPU 2
edit node 2

zip up programs folders and distribute

I recommend hamachi

Just verify write access over your network

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Lightwave3d
• Screamernet
• Setup
• Tutorial
• HD
• 720P

[quakebox]

great tutorial but unfortunately at the moment this tutorial needs refinements lightwave 10.1 is out and this tutorial is not relevant because the last step where you edited the batch file, the batch is not among program files, also the program folder has been named \bin

[zimtower]

Also, you may want to check out TequilaScream Runner which is free and automatically opens screamnernet nodes with the correct settings without having to edit startlwsn_node.bat and doing copy and paste for every node.

[zimtower]

Awesome! I really needed a refresher for this because im building 2 opteron servers with 16-cores/nodes total later this week just for lightwave rendering.

[Vissepisse11]

Thanks for this tutorial! I have 3 laptops at home running win xp with LW installed on all 3. Content will be saved on an external disc connected through USB to one of the machines.

It will be interesting to see if I can it to work, somehow sharing the drive and let the other nodes access it over a wireless connection.

[goblingee]

great tutorial much appreciated.

Got this working on 8.5 and also used a similar setup for 9.6, however in 9.6 although it renders, it does not save the renders and node 2 says the output directory does not exist, it does exist though as I can see it with my eyes. Its right there in front of me.........