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Some Considerations For Distributed Rendering
With using Distributed Rendering you might run into several possible issues. When trying to 
connect to slave machines you may have issues of not actually getting them to render. Check any 
firewalls that may be on the host or slave machine as well as any routers that you may have. Also, 
textures will not be transferred to the host machine by the DR software. Optimally, textures 
should be in a single network location that is accessible to all machines being used, but if this is 
not possible then you must manually transfer the textures manually to a folder on the slave 
machine(s) that is the same path as on the host machine. Also, if you have the capability to use 
Remote Desktop Connection or a similar software, it may make the task of monitoring slave 
machines an easier task.
Starting the DR Spawner
Once the DR Spawner is installed on the slave machine you will need to start the application. In 
the folder C:\Program Files\ASGvis you will find a folder called Render slave. Open that folder 
and you will find the DR Spawner. Double clicking on the DR Spawner will launch it, and once it 
has successfully loaded the Spawner it ready to go.
Connecting to Slave Machines
Now that the slave machines are ready to go we need to tell the main computer that we are render 
from, also known as the client, not only that we will be using other computers to render but also 
how to access them. This is very simple as well. Within the Systems rollout of V-Ray's options you 
will see a checkbox and button for Distributed Rendering. To enable Distributed Rendering simply 
click the checkbox next to the button. Clicking on the button will bring up a window which will 
allow you to input the IP addresses of any slave machines you wish to use. Within the Distributed 
Rendering window at the top you will notice the option to Add a Server. This is where you will 
input the IP addresses of any machines that you will connect to. After you input any IP addresses 
you will want to click Resolve servers