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Po st and render the sequence out to the desired
output type (for example, AVI).
PROBLEM: When I click the Render
button on the R ender Scene di al og, I get
an err or dialog stati ng:
Er ror Retr iev ing Confi g ur at ion File
This er ror usually is the result of a corrupt
installation of the Backburner applications which
caused an errant registry setting.
SUGGESTION
Try reinstalling the Backburn er components of the
progr am or manually edit the system registry.
Editing the registry :
1.
Choose Start > Run.
2. Enter RegEdit and click OK
3. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >
SOFTWARE > Autodesk > Backburner > 3.0
4. ChecktheCfgPathentry.Makesurethevalueis
set to c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Backburner\
Network\nrapi.conf.
5. Close the Registry Editor.
PROBLEM: Back bur ner not found
message when clicking R ender button:
Can n ot n et wor k ren der. Backbu rn er not foun d
or not i nsta lled.
This error dialog appears because the path to
Backburner is either not set properly in the Path
environment va riable or Backburner is missing
altogether.
SUGGESTION
Verify that the Path variable is set properly and
make sure you’v e installed the latest version of
Backburner.
PR OB LEM: Clicki ng Render button
results in B ack burner plugin error:
Error creating 3ds Max plug in inst ance for
Backburner.
The path to 3ds Max is not set in the PlugPath
section of the \Backburner\N etwork\nrapi.conf file.
SUGGESTION
Ve r i f y t h e p re s e n c e of t h e \Backburner\Network\
nrapi.conf file and check the PlugPa th. It should
be in the form of:
PlugPath=C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Backburner/
PROBLEM: The manager and ser ver
windows displ ay str ange, gar bled tex t:
Your er ror message includes @#$$#@.
This er ror o ccurs if the nrres.dat file is missing or
damaged. This fi les is found in:
PlugPath=C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Backburner/
SUGGESTION
Copy the nrres.dat file from another system
that is not exhibiting the problem, or reinstall
Backburner.
Software Setup
When you’ve configured the computers on your
rendering network for TCP/IP, you ’re ready to
load the software.
You need to install 3ds Max on each system you
plan to use for network rendering. After you’ve
installed 3ds Max on all the systems, at least one of
them needs to be authorized. This is the copy of
the software that you will run interactively and is
used to submit jobs for network rendering.