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Originally Posted by wireframeX  Have you tried to work with the poor network rendering of LW ... it is really a pain ... 
With XSI I does not matter about it, XSI knows others computers for Region tool/Preview/Anim/Pictures rendering through network
Phil |
Yes i have !
And for BIG productions, that is...
As for the setup, it isn't the easiest way to do Network Rendering, but once it's done you don't have to worry about it and with a good renderfarm controller (which you must have anyway, no matter what software you use...) it's as easy as everything else.
For what you say about XSI, i know really well the sattelite rendering feature you have with Mental Ray and it's for sure a great feature, but you're comparing Apples and Oranges here, as, AFAIK you don't have unlimited rendering with any version of XSI...
And when you have to render a great deal of frames the "poor" 8 sattelite token you get with XSI is of no help.
Now go to Mental Image website and see for yourself the price of Mental Ray standalone and you'll know what i mean !
There are reasons why there are so many bridges with XSI or Maya to LightWave : the guys like to have a great application for animation (and Maya & XSI are way above LightWave here...) but they also like to have the power of LightWave's render engine with the ability to render at low cost.
Cheers,
Laurent aka Tartiflette