Fleet Host Configuration

Before setting up the 3ds Max submitter, please configure the Deadline fleet as follows.

3ds Max is a popular Digital Content Creation tool provided by Autodesk. 3ds Max runs on Windows, and requires administrative access to install onto a host. Because of the administrative requirement, Deadline Cloud recommends installing 3ds Max on to the worker host using Host Configuration Scripts.

Custom fleet host configuration scripts allow you to perform administrative tasks, such as software installation, on your service-managed fleet workers. These scripts run with elevated privileges, giving you the flexibility to configure your workers for your system.

Examples

We have examples for 3ds Max 2024, 2025 with V-Ray and examples integrating with plugins such as tyFlow. To request additional examples, please suggest ideas to our discussion forum.

For complete host configuration script examples, visit: https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/host_configuration_scripts/3dsmax

Note: While the examples install specific 3ds Max versions, Deadline Cloud's submitter supports 3ds Max 2025, 2026 as well. The installation script should work equivalently for 3ds Max 2025, 2026.