Deadline Repository – Specifies location of the Repository, the global file system component used by Deadline.
Submit as .max file–Option for submitting 3ds Max scenes through Deadline.
Submit as .simscene file–Option for submitting Phoenix Standalone simulations through Deadline. Using this method you don't need to have 3ds Max installed on the Deadline Worker node.
Simulation Script Location – Specifies the location of the Phoenix simulation script. This path is set by default.
Generate Preview Images - Option for enabling/disabling the image generation when submitting .simscene files. The checkbox is grayed out if submitting .max files. When the option is enabled - the Standalone Previewer will read the cache files produced by the simulation and it will generate an image sequence in the folder where the simulation caches are located.
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In order to simulate with Phoenix Standalone Simulator through Thinkbox Deadline, make sure that you have installed the Phoenix Deadline Plugin in your Deadline Repository.
The files for the plugin are located in your Phoenix installation folder under "deadline_plugin". By default the folder is located at C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\Phoenix FD\3ds Max 20xx for x64
Inside of it the folder named "Phoenix" must be copied over in your Deadline repository's "plugins" folder.
After the plugin files are installed in the Deadline Repository, go to your Deadline's Monitor > Tools menu and press Synchronize Monitor Scripts and Plugins - this will update script menus and the local plugin cache.
Then in Deadline's Configure Pluginsmenu > Phoenix you need to set the location to phoenixfd.exe which is usually located at C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\Phoenix FD\3ds Max 20xx for x64\bin
Finally press the Restore Default Icon button in order to allow the plugin to use the Phoenix icon.
