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# SheepIt Render Farm Client
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[](http://travis-ci.org/laurent-clouet/sheepit-client)
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## Overview
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SheepIt Render Farm Client is an * Open Source * client for the distributed render farm [**SheepIt** ](https://www.sheepit-renderfarm.com ).
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## Compilation
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You need Java 1.7 or more. (OpenJDK and Oracle are both supported).
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You also need [ant ](http://ant.apache.org/ ).
To create the jar file, simply type `ant` in the project's root directory.
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## Usage
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Once you have a jar file, you can view the usage by running:
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java -jar bin/sheepit-client.jar --help
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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.
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At the command line ui (-ui text / -ui oneLine) you could type in the following commands and press enter to controll the client:
* status: to get the current status of the client (paused, stoped, ...)
* priority <n>: to set the renderer process priority
* block: to 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: stops the client directly without finishing the current frame
