From: Greg Ercolano <erco_mlist@(email surpressed)>
Subject: Cinema 4D R16: how to update your submit-cinema4d.pl scripts for new command line rendering
   Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:13:07 -0400

	Wow, cool, Cinema 4D finally made a console mode command line renderer,
	making things much better for distributed rendering with C4D.

	This is great; so if you're using Rush + Cinema 4D rendering,
	and are on C4D R16 (or higher), I suggest you make the following
	simple one line change to your submit-cinema4d.pl render scripts
	to take advantage of C4D's new "commandline.exe" renderer.


	At the top of your submit-cinema4d.pl script, find this line:

    $G::C4D_COMMAND = "start /b /wait \"parentconsole\" \"${G::C4D_DIR}\\CINEMA 4D.exe\"";

	..and change it to read instead:

    $G::C4D_COMMAND = "\"${G::C4D_DIR}\\Commandline.exe\"";


	That's it.

	This should really improve execution of the renderer, and will allow
	the renderer's output to appear in the frame logs (finally!), allowing
	better error reporting, offer real time progress, etc.

	Example output showing this new renderer command line, highlighting
	that you can now see error output and progress info.

_______________________________________________________________________________

###
### tahoe.46: 0055
###
--------------- Rush 103.07 --------------
--       Host: render007
--        Pid: 19388
--      Title: ARM_OXI_PAK_TEST
--      Jobid: tahoe.46
--      Frame: 0055
--      Tries: 1
--      Owner: johndoe (-/-)
--  RunningAs: rush (100/100)
--   Priority: 1
--       Nice: 10
--     Tmpdir: C:/TEMP/.RUSH_TMP.10
--    LogFile: //server/projects/arm/shot/arm_files/pack_render.c4d.log/0055
--    Command: perl //server/library/scripts/rush/perl/submit-cinema4d.pl -render //server/projects/arm_files/pack_render.c4d.log/submitinfo.in
--    Started: Thu May 22 12:00:29 2014
--------------------------------------------
       Cinema 4D File: //server/projects/arm/shot/arm_files/pack_render.c4d
        Output Images:
        Output Format: default
    Output Resolution: default
Multipass Output Path:
              Threads: default
          Submit Info: //server/projects/arm_files/pack_render.c4d.log/submitinfo.in
         Batch Frames: 5 (55-59)
              Retries: 3 (Fail after 3 retries)
           MaxLogSize: 0
                 Path: c:\Program Files\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R18;c:\rush/bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Python27;c:\rush\bin;

Executing: "c:\Program Files\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R18\Commandline.exe" -nogui -render //server/projects/arm_files/pack_render.c4d -frame 55 59
Application start      : 05/22/14 at 12:00:29
Executable             : 64 Bit
Version / Build        : 18.041 / RB190167
Debugger               : not available
Memory model           : release
Startup path           : c:/Program Files/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R18
Application path       : c:/Program Files/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R18/Commandline.exe
Application executable : c:/Program Files/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R18/Commandline.exe
[..snip..]
Cpu Speed (MHz)        : 2600.000
Application Type       : Modular
Command line arguments : "-nogui" "-render" "//server/projects/arm_files/pack_render.c4d" "-frame" "55" "59"

Loading c:/Program Files/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R18/modules/c4dplugin.xdl64 with module(s) net.maxon.c4dplugin
[..snip..]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Loading Project: //server/projects/arm_files/pack_render.c4d

[..snip..]
Rendering frame 55 at <Thu May 22 12:00:33 2014>
Rendering Phase: Setup

Progress: 0%

Rendering Phase: Main Render

Progress: 0%

Progress: 2%

[..snip..]

Progress: 90%

Progress: 92%

Progress: 95%

Rendering Phase: Finalize

Rendering successful: 384.829 sec.

--- CINEMA4D SUCCEEDS: EXITCODE=0