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This is why it is important to use UNC paths for all maps and XRefs in your scene file, so that all render servers can find them. If it does not find the maps and XRefs, the server fails for that particular job. If there are additional map paths set in the 3dsmax.ini file on the rendering server, it will search in those paths as well. For instance, if an XRef is in d:\foo\xref.max, the Server will look for xref.max in d:\foo\ on the local machine. If the maps and XRefs were not included, the Server searches for them as they are defined in the MAX file.

3ds Max is launched and loads the MAX file.

The MAX file gets unzipped, along with the maps and XRefs if they were included.

For Windows Vista and Windows 7: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\backburner\ServerJob\.

For Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\backburner\ServerJob\.

Each Server machine receives the ZIP and XML files into these folders:.

(This is the Max Concurrent Assignments setting on the Manager General Properties dialog.

It assigns the job to four servers at a time. Once the Manager receives the ZIP and XML files, it looks to see which servers are sitting idle and can render jobs.In the folder is an XML file describing the job itself, specifying frame size, output filename, frame range, render settings, and so on. For Windows Vista and Windows 7: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\backburner\Jobs\.For Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\backburner\Jobs\.Once the file is zipped up, the ZIP file is copied to the Manager machine's folder:.If the user turned on Include Maps, all maps and XRefs are also zipped up. On the submitting machine, the MAX file gets zipped up.The user submits a job to the network Manager.

Following is a step-by-step description of the sequence of events when you use network rendering: