SheepIt Render Farm Client

Overview

SheepIt Render Farm Client is an Open Source client for the distributed render farm SheepIt.

Compilation

You will need Java 1.7 or higher. (OpenJDK and Oracle are both supported). To create the jar file, simply type ./gradlew shadowJar on linux/OSX and gradlew.bat shadowJar on Windows in the project's root directory.

Usage

Once you have the jar file, you can see how to use it by running:

java -jar build/libs/sheepit-client.jar --help

When you are doing development work, you can use a mirror of the main site specially made for demo/dev. The mirror is located at http://sandbox.sheepit-renderfarm.com, and you can use it by passing -server http://sandbox.sheepit-renderfarm.com to your invocation of the client.

At the command line ui (-ui text / -ui oneLine) you could type in the following commands and press enter to control the client:

status: get the current status of the client (paused, stoped, etc.)
priority : set the renderer process priority
block: block the current project
pause: pause the client to request new jobs after the current frame has finished to render
resume: resume the client after it was paused
stop: stop the client after the current frame has finished
cancel: cancel the stop request
quit: stop the client directly without finishing the current frame