3ds Max 9 Bible

Both the Network Manager and Network Server windows have a Logging button that you can click to access the Logging Properties dialog box, where you can configure how log information gets handled. This dialog box, shown in Figure 46.17, looks the same for managers and servers. You can access this dialog box with the Edit Log Settings command.

Figure 46-17: The logging options for managers and servers let you tell Max where to report what.

Max generates the following types of messages:

• Error: Anything that goes wrong and is serious enough to halt the rendering of a frame.

• Warning: A problem that Max can still work around. If a server fails, for example, a warning is generated, but Max continues the rendering job by using other servers.

• Info: A general information message, such as notification that a job has arrived or that a frame is complete.

• Debug: A lower-level message that provides information to help debug problems with the rendering farm.

• Debug Extended: The same as the Debug option with more details.

Max displays the type of message and the message itself in two locations: in the list window and in a log file (in your 3dsmax\network directory). The Logging Properties dialog box lets you choose whether each type of message gets reported to the screen, the log file, both places, or neither place. You can also use the Clear buttons to get rid of old messages.