Maxwell FAQ

Is Next Limit Maxwell 1.x supported by Deadline?

Yes. For more information go to the Maxwell Network Rendering Guide.

My frames seem to be rendering forever. Why is this?

It is likely that an error occured during rendering. Unfortunately, the Maxwell command line renderer doesn't exit when an error occurs, so Deadline cannot detect that something has gone wrong. We have notified Next Limit of the problem and they said they are looking into it.

A common issue is that Deadline does not recognize the Maxwell environment variables. To fix this, restart the slave machine before trying to render again. If the problem persists, try rendering the scene locally from a command prompt to see if any problems occur.