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DAZ3D and Steam Streaming?

AnotherUserNameAnotherUserName Posts: 2,727
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Hi everyone,

My wife and I just got a puppy. Shes an eight week old miniature Schnauzer, very cute, very loving and very stubborn. Since training (potty and otherwise) is monopolizing most of our time, I usually cant get away to the computer to render anything as the pup has to be watched constantly. I can however take a couple minutes to browse the forums or play a game on the laptop for a few minutes when the pup is having her down time.

Now I dont have windows 8 pro to network between the pc and the laptop. Im not even sure I could because the laptop is win7 (im not positive how it works or if that would even matter). I do stream my games through steam and I got to thinking that since you can link non steam games (and software) to the steam launcher (unsupported), maybe you can link daz to steam and stream daz. I cant render on my laptop alone, it can barely handle 3dlight otherwise I would just do that.

Has anyone tried this?

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  • TesseractSpaceTesseractSpace Posts: 1,582
    Tried it, but it didn't work well for me. Likely due to running both PC and Laptop on wifi. Wired connection for the PC may do better.
  • AnotherUserNameAnotherUserName Posts: 2,727

    Hmmm, it did just seam like it was a bandwidth issue though?

  • AnotherUserNameAnotherUserName Posts: 2,727

    I tried it. Daz launched just fine, everything looked right. When I move the mouse or click on anything though, thats when it gets all messed up. The viewport remains visible but the workspace goes completely black and the button strike is way off. Im assuming that perhaps its a resolution issue, maybe? I dont know. Maybe someone at daz has had good results?

  • mambanegramambanegra Posts: 596

    I use a mac as my main machine, and render on a windows computer that doesn't really have a monitor attached. I use VNC to share the desktop. My only problem is that the mouse sends crazy signals so I have to use the mouse that is attached to the windows computer to use the camera controls (dials aren't a problem, and typing works fine). This might be related to the mac mouse and the windows "server" being unhappy with one another...or, it just might be VNC has issues with fine control over the mouse.

     

    You can download VNC here for free: https://www.realvnc.com/products/open/4.1/winvnc.html

    You install the server on the desktop and the client on your laptop. I have mine set up to require a password, but if you are behind a firewall and the internet at large can't access every computer on every port, then you probably don't need to worry about that. 

  • EinieMeanieEinieMeanie Posts: 16

    I use Splashtop to stream my desktop on my laptop... I've used it with DS, Blender, and Dragon Age Inquision, and it seems to perform about the same as Steam streaming on my machines.

  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679
    Splash top is great. It streams your entire desktop, so it is more versatile than streaming one app with Steam. It has a free version that would work well for you. It also has a mobile version, too, so you can stream your desktop to a tablet, also free. The only fee is if you want to stream over a mobile network.
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