feat: added support for DEADLINE_ASSETROOT_ALIAS - #324
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Fixes: #152
What was the problem/requirement? (What/Why)
Windows Path Limits would break AE renders even if the registry key that allowed long paths was set because AE is not long path aware.
What was the solution? (How)
We mitigate the issue by using junctions to reduce the length of the prefix that deadline adds to all files. Requires a queue environment like this one to work: aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples#277
That queue environment sets the
DEADLINE_ASSETROOT_ALIASenvironment variable and the changes in this PR check for that variable and uses it to pathmap the scene and output directories.What is the impact of this change?
Users have roughly 80-90 more characters before they hit the limit.
How was this change tested?
I rendered this image:
If you modified source files, did you run the Python script to update the files under the dist folder?
That script doesn't actually work btw. But I promise I tested it correctly.
If you modified the
/installer,/install_builder, or/scriptslogic, please run the integration tests and paste the results belowI didn't edit those files.
If
installer/was modified or a file was added/removed fromdist/, then update the installer tests and post the test results belowI didn't edit that directory
Was this change documented?
This is documented in the queue environment added by this PR: aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples#277
Is this a breaking change?
no
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