topic Re: Does Backburner render IFLs? in 3ds Max Forum

Does Backburner render IFLs?

DannyTheGamer — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:37:53 GMT

Hi guys, I'm rendering a scene with Autodesk Backburner, and the scene I created contains an animated texture (a .png image sequence in .ifl form).

On my local computer (the one where I animate), the .ifl texture renders perfectly, whereas on my servers it doesn't render at all.

Any solutions?

Re: Does Backburner render IFLs?

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:50:36 GMT

Does the IFL "Include Image Path"? If it does, and that path is local, the servers won't find it.

Re: Does Backburner render IFLs?

DannyTheGamer — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:22:24 GMT

Hmmm... that probably was the issue, anyway I resolved by having the texture as an .avi file rather than a .png sequence.

Thank you anyway for the suggestion! 🙂

Re: Does Backburner render IFLs?

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 08:47:19 GMT

It's best to not include image path, then use a UNC path to the IFL.

Re: Does Backburner render IFLs?

jens.diemer — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:59:20 GMT

Should not "include maps" handle that?

Re: Does Backburner render IFLs?

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:10:19 GMT

I have not tried it, (I'm one of those who always uses UNC paths as a matter of course, because it always works) but possibly Include maps only includes the IFL, not the files in the list. If the listed files have local paths, they won't be found. It is also possible that without the path included, they still won't be found, though I have not tested this. Incluse maps does have its shortcomings, I don't use it for a reason.

Re: Does Backburner render IFLs?

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 11:17:42 GMT

I did some tests to see what does and does not work regarding IFLs and net-rendering to confirm my thought on this.

If the IFL has image paths and the image paths are UNC, it works.

If the IFL has no paths and the path to the IFL is UNC, it works.

If the IFL has image paths and they are local, it does not work.

If the IFL has no paths and the path to the IFL is local, it does not work.

The situations that don't work, don't work regardles of whether you use Include Maps, as Include Maps only includes the IFL, not the files listed in the IFL.