3ds Max 2013 - renders not saving

loocas · March 6, 2013, 7:11pm

Hi,

I’m having an interesting issue with Max 2013 and Deadline 6. My renders are not being saved.

Everything is setup correctly, when I render the scene file locally it saves the render file where it’s supposed to. But throught Deadline, no errors, no warnings, but also no render files are being saved.

Is there anything I have to setup additionally? I’m submitting the file via Monitor, 3ds Max 2013 x64 (Windows Server 2012), I don’t submit the scene file with the job, all stays on the network. All UNC paths are correct and working.

Any thoughts?

rrussell · March 6, 2013, 8:07pm

Can you post a log from the job? The log should say where the output is being saved to.

Thanks!

Ryan

loocas · March 6, 2013, 8:22pm

Here’s the log from the Monitor:

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Log

0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: Ball test (51378bc9d0ebd609109c17b9)
0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\3dsmax.py
0: INFO: About: 3dsmax Plugin for Deadline
0: INFO: The current environment will be used for rendering
0: INFO: Start Job called - starting up 3dsmax plugin
0: INFO: Rendering with 3dsmax version: 2013
0: INFO: Build of 3dsmax to force: 64bit
0: INFO: Rendering with executable: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\3dsmax.exe
0: INFO: Checking registry for 3dsmax language code
0: INFO: Language code string: ENU
0: INFO: Language sub directory: en-US
0: INFO: Fail on existing 3dsmax process: 0
0: INFO: Load 3dsmax timeout: 1000 seconds
0: INFO: Start job timeout: 1000 seconds
0: INFO: Progress update timeout: 8000 seconds
0: INFO: Progress update timout disabled: 0
0: INFO: Slave mode enabled: 1
0: INFO: Silent mode enabled: 0
0: INFO: Local rendering enabled: 1
0: INFO: Running render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe
0: INFO: 3dsmaxcmd.exe returned: 3/6/2013 10:32:45 AM; Error opening scene file: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013”
0: INFO: 3dsmax start up file: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2013.max
0: INFO: Using user profiles: 1
0: INFO: 3dsmax user profile path: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU
0: INFO: 3dsmax data path: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2013 - 64bit\ENU
0: INFO: 3dsmax ini file: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\3dsmax.ini
0: INFO: Network log file: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\Network\Max.log
0: INFO: Plugin ini file: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\en-US\plugin.ini
0: INFO: Including user profile plugin ini: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\Plugin.UserSettings.ini
0: INFO: Lightning connection plugin: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\lightning64Max2013.dlx
0: INFO: 3dsmax socket connection port: 49997
0: INFO: Setting up startup environment
0: INFO: Copying C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\lightning64Max2013.dlx to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\temp\lightning\lightning.dlx
0: INFO: Starting monitored managed process 3dsmaxProcess
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: False
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: False
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\3dsmax.exe”
0: INFO: Render Argument: -p “C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\2\dl.ini” -q -s “C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2013.max”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: INFO: Waiting for connection from 3dsmax
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.000 INFO: Begin setting up global configuration
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.047 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.XmlSerializers, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 10:32:49.047 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.062 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.XmlSerializers- 10:32:49.062 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.078 INFO: End setting up global configuration
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.078 INFO: Begin initialize system watcher to detect file changes
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.078 INFO: End initialize system watcher to detect file changes
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.078 INFO: Begin loading assemblies
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.094 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.StateSets.dll- 10:32:49.109 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.109 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.109 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.156 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.156 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 10:32:49.156 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers, Version=15.2.0.25787, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 10:32:49.156 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:49.156 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers- 10:32:49.156 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.264 INFO: Created instance of type
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.264 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.264 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 10:32:51.264 INFO: Created instance of type
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.264 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.264 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.279 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.279 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.dll- 10:32:51.279 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.279 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.279 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.310 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.326 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.326 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.326 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\DaylightSimulation.dll- 10:32:51.326 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.326 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.326 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\FPMaxWpfContent.dll- 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\ManagedBootstrap.dll- 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\ManagedNetworkUtilities.dll- 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\MaterialExplorerView.dll- 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\MaxWpfContent.dll- 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.342 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\nunit.framework.dll- 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\SceneExplorerView.dll- 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\Sunlight.dll- 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.357 INFO: End loading assemblies
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.373 INFO: Begin registering loaded plugins
0: STDOUT: - 10:32:51.404 INFO: End registering loaded plugins
0: STDOUT: Qt: Untested Windows version 6.2 detected!
0: STDOUT: - 10:33:13.946 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'PresentationUI.AeroLite, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35- 10:33:13.946 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: INFO: Connected to 3dsmax plugin version Lightning 5.2.0.49424 Dec 4 2012 18:07:51 R
0: INFO: Scene file to render: “\RENDER\publicsmb\BunnyTest\Bunny.max”
0: INFO: Camera: no camera specified, rendering active viewport
0: INFO: Restarting renderer after each frame: 0
0: INFO: Showing frame buffer: 1
0: INFO: Frame number base: 0
0: INFO: Remove padding from output filename: 0
0: INFO: Ignore missing external file errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing UVW errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing XREF errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing DLL errors: 0
0: INFO: Disabling Multipass: 0
0: INFO: Loading 3dsmax scene file
0: INFO: [filename] 0000000048A442B0
[format] 000007FBCFBACE68
[size] 640x480
[aspect] 1
0: INFO: Executing script: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\customize.ms
0: INFO: Applying customizations to max file…
0: INFO: >Adding scene path ‘\RENDER\publicsmb\BunnyTest’ to session paths
0: INFO: >General Renderer Settings:
0: INFO: >Bitmap Pager Settings:
0: INFO: >Render Environment Settings:
0: INFO: >Performing XREF workaround…
0: INFO: >Scanning Renderer Paths…
0: INFO: >Done Scanning Renderer Paths.
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 15
0: INFO: Render Tasks called
0: INFO: STARTED
0: INFO: Lightning: Render frame 15
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering frame 0015
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering 0 render elements
0: INFO: Lightning: Setting up render parameters
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering camera node Camera001
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking multipass info for frame 15
0: INFO: Lightning: Opening renderer
0: INFO: Lightning: Multipass disabled
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering 1 passes
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking output paths
0: INFO: Lightning: Creating output path:
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking default actions
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_EXTERNAL_FILES = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_UVWS = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_DLL_FILES = FAIL
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_XREF_FILES = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: Calling renderer
0: INFO: Rendering initial pass (elapsed: 0:0:0, total: 0:0:1)
0: INFO: Rendering initial pass (elapsed: 0:0:1, total: 0:0:2)
0: INFO: Rendering initial pass (elapsed: 0:0:2, total: 0:0:3)
0: INFO: Rendering initial pass (elapsed: 0:0:3, total: 0:0:4)
0: INFO: Rendering initial pass (elapsed: 0:0:5, total: 0:0:5)
0: INFO: Rendering (1 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:6, total: 0:0:6)
0: INFO: Rendering (1 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:7, total: 0:0:7)
0: INFO: Rendering (1 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:8, total: 0:0:8)
0: INFO: Rendering (1 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:9, total: 0:0:10)
0: INFO: Rendering (2 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:10, total: 0:0:11)
0: INFO: Rendering (2 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:11, total: 0:0:12)
0: INFO: Rendering (2 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:13, total: 0:0:13)
0: INFO: Rendering (2 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:14, total: 0:0:15)
0: INFO: Rendering (3 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:15, total: 0:0:16)
0: INFO: Rendering (3 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:16, total: 0:0:17)
0: INFO: Rendering (3 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:18, total: 0:0:18)
0: INFO: Rendering (4 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:19, total: 0:0:19)
0: INFO: Rendering (4 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:20, total: 0:0:21)
0: INFO: Rendering (4 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:21, total: 0:0:22)
0: INFO: Rendering (4 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:22, total: 0:0:23)
0: INFO: Rendering (5 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:24, total: 0:0:24)
0: INFO: Rendering (5 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:25, total: 0:0:26)
0: INFO: Rendering (5 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:26, total: 0:0:27)
0: INFO: Rendering (5 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:27, total: 0:0:28)
0: INFO: Rendering (6 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:28, total: 0:0:29)
0: INFO: Rendering (6 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:30, total: 0:0:30)
0: INFO: Rendering (6 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:31, total: 0:0:32)
0: INFO: Rendering (7 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:32, total: 0:0:33)
0: INFO: Rendering (7 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:33, total: 0:0:34)
0: INFO: Rendering (7 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:35, total: 0:0:35)
0: INFO: Rendering (7 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:36, total: 0:0:37)
0: INFO: Rendering (7 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:37, total: 0:0:38)
0: INFO: Rendering (8 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:38, total: 0:0:39)
0: INFO: Rendering (8 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:40, total: 0:0:40)
0: INFO: Rendering (8 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:41, total: 0:0:41)
0: INFO: Rendering (8 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:42, total: 0:0:43)
0: INFO: Rendering (9 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:43, total: 0:0:44)
0: INFO: Rendering (9 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:44, total: 0:0:45)
0: INFO: Rendering (9 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:45, total: 0:0:46)
0: INFO: Rendering (10 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:46, total: 0:0:47)
0: INFO: Rendering (10 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:47, total: 0:0:48)
0: INFO: Rendering (10 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:48, total: 0:0:49)
0: INFO: Rendering (10 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:49, total: 0:0:50)
0: INFO: Rendering (10 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:51, total: 0:0:51)
0: INFO: Rendering (11 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:52, total: 0:0:52)
0: INFO: Rendering (11 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:53, total: 0:0:53)
0: INFO: Rendering (11 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:54, total: 0:0:55)
0: INFO: Rendering (11 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:55, total: 0:0:56)
0: INFO: Rendering (12 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:56, total: 0:0:57)
0: INFO: Rendering (12 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:58, total: 0:0:58)
0: INFO: Rendering (12 pass) (elapsed: 0:0:59, total: 0:0:59)
0: INFO: Rendering (12 pass) (elapsed: 0:1:0, total: 0:1:0)
0: INFO: Lightning: CallCurRendererRenderFrame returned code 1
0: INFO: Lightning: Render done
0: INFO: Lightning: Saved image to 0015
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking render elements

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Details

Date: 2013/03/06 10:34:22
Frames: 15
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:00
Slave Name: WIN-FMST2CRI7LO
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This line is interesting:

0: INFO: [filename] 0000000048A442B0 [format] 000007FBCFBACE68

What does it mean? I didn’t specify anything special in Deadline, the render filename is set in the Max scene and it should be: \render\publicsmb\BunnyTest\Bunny_Corona_tst_.jpg

rrussell · March 6, 2013, 9:00pm

Thanks for the log. Is it possible that the Save File option is enabled, but the output path is empty? The 2nd last line in the log indicates that there was no output path specified. Normally, this would be a complete path to the image file:

0: INFO: Lightning: Saved image to 0015

If that’s not the case, can you send us a very simple test scene that reproduces the problem? We’ll try submitting it from the Monitor here to see if we can figure out the problem.

Thanks!

Ryan

loocas · March 6, 2013, 9:39pm

I’m not running any scripts with the scene/job/tasks so I’m not really sure why the output path should be empty. It shouldn’t as I said the file is setup correctly and saves out the files just fine when run from 3dsmaxcmd or directly from Max gui.

Here’s the scene file: [attachment=0]TestScene.rar[/attachment]

I’ve also included a plugin needed to render the scene. All you need to do is to place the *.dll files in your PATH (or directly in the 3ds Max root installation) and all the plugin files where Max can load them.

rrussell · March 7, 2013, 5:23pm

Thanks! I tested this here, submitting from the Monitor, and it worked fine.

The only thing I changed was the output path to a UNC path that exists here.

This is really strange… what happens if you submit from within 3dsmax?

loocas · March 7, 2013, 5:35pm

I’ll have to test submitting from within Max, but we’re going to be using our own submitter, so this isn’t an option. Though I’ll test it for the sake of testing

MikeOwen · March 7, 2013, 9:51pm

This bit interests me…

0: INFO: [filename] 0000000048A442B0
[format] 000007FBCFBACE68

Maybe in 3dsMax try deleting the renderoutput filepath/filename via MXS:

rendOutputFilename = “”

then close render scene dialog, save Max file, close and re-open Max and the file and re-create the render output file path/name and then submit…

I wonder if you have a foreign language character / unicode symbol somewhere in the file path/name? (Deleting it above will eliminate this being the issue).

loocas · March 8, 2013, 5:32pm

Hey Mike, thanks. I’ve tried that and it doesn’t work.

What I suspect is that there is a mis-match of “something” between the render slave (Windows Server 2012 x64) and the Deadline Repository Server (some Linux distro I’m not familiar with, will specify further). Because I tried Debug rendering the scene file on the slave machine and it works just fine. No errors. As well as cmd rendering or GUI rendering, all just works without any issues, but as soon as I submit the job via Deadline Monitor, I’m getting this strange behavior.

I haven’t setup any path remapping in the repository and I’m not running any scripts that’d be interferring with the Max scene file or the jobs themselves.

So it’s either some kind of a weird internal bug, or some higher dark voodoo magic

rrussell · March 8, 2013, 5:36pm

Did you end up trying this? Just curious if it made a difference or not.

MikeOwen · March 8, 2013, 5:38pm

Is Windows Server 2012 x64 officially supported for Max2013 and Deadline v5.2?

loocas · March 8, 2013, 6:45pm

I just did and miraculously it saves the render files just fine!

What sorcery is this?

loocas · March 8, 2013, 6:46pm

Is Windows 8 supported? And we’re using the latest Deadline 6 beta. And it works when submitted via the SMTD Maxscript. So, there must be something off with the Monitor Submission.

rrussell · March 8, 2013, 6:49pm

Can you do the following:

Find the job you submitted from within Max (that worked), bring up the Job Details panel, and expand the 3dsmax Properties section. Then select all the properties underneath and copy & paste into your response.
Do the exact same thing for a job submitted from the Monitor (that didn’t work).

We can compare them to see if anything stands out. There should be a lot less options for the Monitor job, but maybe it’s setting a bad default for something that’s screwing things up.

loocas · March 8, 2013, 6:55pm

SMTD internal Maxscript submission job details:

Property Value BitmapPager false BlackFramesCheckRenderElements 0 BlackPixelPercentage 1 BlackPixelThreshold 0.1 Camera TST_CAM Camera0 Camera1 TST_CAM DisableMultipass 0 DisableProgressUpdateTimeout 0 FailOnBlackFrames 0 FailOnExistingMaxProcess false FrameNumberBase 0 IgnoreMissingDLLs 0 IgnoreMissingExternalFiles 1 IgnoreMissingUVWs 1 IgnoreMissingXREFs 1 IgnoreRenderElements 0 IncludeLocalPaths 0 IsMaxDesign 0 LocalRendering 1 MaxVersionToForce 64bit MaxVersionToForce0 none MaxVersionToForce1 32bit MaxVersionToForce2 64bit OneCpuPerTask 0 OverrideBitmapPager false OverrideFailOnExistingMaxProcess false Padding 4 PopupHandling 1 RemovePadding 0 RenderHeight 720 RenderOutput \\RENDER\publicsmb\jobs\wyhs44r4a0\45066e27-87eb-11e2-94c3-d8d385a1bb29\refresh_logo_anim_.jpg RenderStateSet 0 RenderWidth 1280 RestartRendererMode 0 ShowFrameBuffer true SkipRenderedFrames false UseSilentMode 0 UseSlaveMode 1 Version 2013 ambientColor (color 0 0 0) backgroundColor (color 0 0 0) lightLevel 1.0 lightTintColor (color 255 255 255) rendAtmosphere true rendColorCheck false rendFieldRender false rendForce2Side false rendHidden false rendSimplifyAreaLights false rendSuperBlack false renderDisplacements true renderEffects true renderPixelAspect 1.0 scanline_antiAliasFilter Area: scanline_antiAliasFilterSize 1.5 scanline_antiAliasing true scanline_antialiasFilterBlend 0.3 scanline_antialiasFilterBlur 0.3333 scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName Area scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName0 Area scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName1 Quadratic scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName10 Blendfilter scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName2 cubic scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName3 Catmull_Rom scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName4 Blackman scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName5 Video scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName6 Plate_Match_MAX_R2 scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName7 Cook_Variable scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName8 Soften scanline_antialiasFilterClassByName9 Mitchell_Netravali scanline_antialiasFilterRinging 0.3333 scanline_autoReflect true scanline_autoReflectLevels 1 scanline_colorClampType 0 scanline_conserveMemory false scanline_enablePixelSampler true scanline_enableSSE false scanline_filterMaps true scanline_forceWireframe false scanline_globalSamplerAdaptive true scanline_globalSamplerAdaptiveThresh 0.1 scanline_globalSamplerClassByName Max 2.5 Star scanline_globalSamplerClassByName0 Max 2.5 Star scanline_globalSamplerClassByName1 Hammersley scanline_globalSamplerClassByName2 Adaptive Halton scanline_globalSamplerClassByName3 Adaptive Uniform scanline_globalSamplerEnabled true scanline_globalSamplerQuality 0.5 scanline_globalSamplerSampleMaps true scanline_imageBlurDuration 0.5 scanline_imageBlurEnv false scanline_imageBlurTrans false scanline_imageMotionBlur true scanline_mapping true scanline_objectBlurDuration 0.5 scanline_objectBlurSamples 10 scanline_objectBlurSubdivisions 10 scanline_objectMotionBlur true scanline_shadows true scanline_wireThickness 1.0 useEnvironmentMap false

Monitor submission job details:

Property Value DisableMultipass False IgnoreMissingDLLs True IgnoreMissingExternalFiles True IgnoreMissingUVWs True IgnoreMissingXREFs True IsMaxDesign False LocalRendering True MaxVersionToForce 64bit MaxVersionToForce0 None MaxVersionToForce1 32bit MaxVersionToForce2 64bit OneCpuPerTask False RemovePadding False RestartRendererMode False SceneFile \\RENDER\publicsmb\jobs\wyhs44r4a0\45066e27-87eb-11e2-94c3-d8d385a1bb29\refresh_logo_anim_Max2013_loocas_003.max ShowFrameBuffer True UseSilentMode False UseSlaveMode 1 Version 2013

loocas · March 8, 2013, 6:58pm

Also, the job reports say this:

SMTD internal maxscript submission:

0: INFO: Lightning: Render done 0: INFO: Lightning: Saved image to \\RENDER\publicsmb\jobs\wyhs44r4a0\45066e27-87eb-11e2-94c3-d8d385a1bb29\refresh_logo_anim_0010.jpg 0: INFO: Lightning: Checking render elements

Monitor submission:

0: INFO: Lightning: Render done 0: INFO: Lightning: Saved image to 0010 0: INFO: Lightning: Checking render elements

There is something seriously wrong with our monitor submissions.

And not only monitor submissions, even if we do generate our own job_info and plugin_info files and submit those via deadlinecommand, the behavior is the same (bad).

rrussell · March 8, 2013, 8:44pm

Thanks! Nothing really stands out as being a potential problem in the options for the Monitor job. Can you try submitting another one, but this time with Local Rendering disabled?

loocas · March 8, 2013, 9:09pm

Well… this is interesting. I disabled the LOCAL rendering and I was able to capture this error message popping up:

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There is NO USER named Ryan on this virtual machine.

Only one Ryan associated with Deadline I know…

Err log:

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Error in RenderTasks: RenderTask: Unexpected exception (Error in bm->Write(): error code 1
2013/03/08 13:03:19 INF: Loaded //RENDER/publicsmb/jobs/wyhs44r4a0/45066e27-87eb-11e2-94c3-d8d385a1bb29/refresh_logo_anim_Max2013_loocas_003.max
2013/03/08 13:03:19 WRN: Gamma Correction Settings are Being Changed
2013/03/08 13:03:20 INF: Job: //RENDER/publicsmb/jobs/wyhs44r4a0/45066e27-87eb-11e2-94c3-d8d385a1bb29/refresh_logo_anim_Max2013_loocas_003.max
2013/03/08 13:03:50 ERR: JPEG (C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\3dsMax\0010) - The system cannot find the path specified. (0x3)
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at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)

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0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: test (513a51f2d0ebd60ae4db60ef)
0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\3dsmax.py
0: INFO: About: 3dsmax Plugin for Deadline
0: INFO: The current environment will be used for rendering
0: INFO: Start Job called - starting up 3dsmax plugin
0: INFO: Rendering with 3dsmax version: 2013
0: INFO: Build of 3dsmax to force: 64bit
0: INFO: Rendering with executable: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\3dsmax.exe
0: INFO: Checking registry for 3dsmax language code
0: INFO: Language code string: ENU
0: INFO: Language sub directory: en-US
0: INFO: Fail on existing 3dsmax process: 0
0: INFO: Load 3dsmax timeout: 1000 seconds
0: INFO: Start job timeout: 1000 seconds
0: INFO: Progress update timeout: 8000 seconds
0: INFO: Progress update timout disabled: 0
0: INFO: Slave mode enabled: 1
0: INFO: Silent mode enabled: 0
0: INFO: Local rendering enabled: 0
0: INFO: Running render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe
0: INFO: 3dsmaxcmd.exe returned: 3/8/2013 13:02:44 PM; Error opening scene file: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013”
0: INFO: 3dsmax start up file: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2013.max
0: INFO: Using user profiles: 1
0: INFO: 3dsmax user profile path: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU
0: INFO: 3dsmax data path: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2013 - 64bit\ENU
0: INFO: 3dsmax ini file: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\3dsmax.ini
0: INFO: Network log file: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\Network\Max.log
0: INFO: Plugin ini file: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\en-US\plugin.ini
0: INFO: Including user profile plugin ini: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\Plugin.UserSettings.ini
0: INFO: Lightning connection plugin: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\lightning64Max2013.dlx
0: INFO: 3dsmax socket connection port: 55703
0: INFO: Setting up startup environment
0: INFO: Copying C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\lightning64Max2013.dlx to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\temp\lightning\lightning.dlx
0: INFO: Starting monitored managed process 3dsmaxProcess
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: False
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: False
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\3dsmax.exe”
0: INFO: Render Argument: -p “C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\2\dl.ini” -q -s “C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2013.max”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: INFO: Waiting for connection from 3dsmax
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.000 INFO: Begin setting up global configuration
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.047 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.XmlSerializers, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 13:02:48.047 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.047 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.XmlSerializers- 13:02:48.047 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.078 INFO: End setting up global configuration
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.078 INFO: Begin initialize system watcher to detect file changes
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.078 INFO: End initialize system watcher to detect file changes
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.078 INFO: Begin loading assemblies
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.094 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.StateSets.dll- 13:02:48.109 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.109 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.109 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.141 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.156 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 13:02:48.156 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers, Version=15.2.0.25787, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 13:02:48.156 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:48.156 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers- 13:02:48.156 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.311 INFO: Created instance of type
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.311 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.311 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 13:02:49.311 INFO: Created instance of type
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.311 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.311 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.326 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.326 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.dll- 13:02:49.326 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.326 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:49.326 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.357 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.373 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.373 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.373 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\DaylightSimulation.dll- 13:02:50.373 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.373 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.373 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\FPMaxWpfContent.dll- 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\ManagedBootstrap.dll- 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\ManagedNetworkUtilities.dll- 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\MaterialExplorerView.dll- 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\MaxWpfContent.dll- 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.389 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\nunit.framework.dll- 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\SceneExplorerView.dll- 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\bin\assemblies\Sunlight.dll- 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End loading assembly file
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End loading assembly
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.404 INFO: End loading assemblies
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.420 INFO: Begin registering loaded plugins
0: STDOUT: - 13:02:50.482 INFO: End registering loaded plugins
0: STDOUT: Qt: Untested Windows version 6.2 detected!
0: STDOUT: - 13:03:12.790 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'PresentationUI.AeroLite, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35- 13:03:12.790 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
0: INFO: Connected to 3dsmax plugin version Lightning 5.2.0.49424 Dec 4 2012 18:07:51 R
0: INFO: Scene file to render: “\RENDER\publicsmb\jobs\wyhs44r4a0\45066e27-87eb-11e2-94c3-d8d385a1bb29\refresh_logo_anim_Max2013_loocas_003.max”
0: INFO: Camera: no camera specified, rendering active viewport
0: INFO: Restarting renderer after each frame: 0
0: INFO: Showing frame buffer: 1
0: INFO: Frame number base: 0
0: INFO: Remove padding from output filename: 0
0: INFO: Ignore missing external file errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing UVW errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing XREF errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing DLL errors: 1
0: INFO: Disabling Multipass: 0
0: INFO: Loading 3dsmax scene file
0: INFO: [filename] 0000000048A442B0
[format] 000007FBB8C9CE68
[size] 640x480
[aspect] 1
0: INFO: Executing script: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN-FMST2CRI7LO\plugins\customize.ms
0: INFO: Applying customizations to max file…
0: INFO: >Adding scene path ‘\RENDER\publicsmb\jobs\wyhs44r4a0\45066e27-87eb-11e2-94c3-d8d385a1bb29’ to session paths
0: INFO: >General Renderer Settings:
0: INFO: >Bitmap Pager Settings:
0: INFO: >Render Environment Settings:
0: INFO: >Default Scanline Renderer detected as current renderer.
0: INFO: >Performing XREF workaround…
0: INFO: >Scanning Renderer Paths…
0: INFO: >Done Scanning Renderer Paths.
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 10
0: INFO: Render Tasks called
0: INFO: STARTED
0: INFO: Lightning: Render frame 10
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering frame 0010
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering 0 render elements
0: INFO: Lightning: Setting up render parameters
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering camera node TST_CAM
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking multipass info for frame 10
0: INFO: Lightning: Opening renderer
0: INFO: Lightning: Multipass disabled
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering 1 passes
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking output paths
0: INFO: Lightning: Creating output path:
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking default actions
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_EXTERNAL_FILES = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_UVWS = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_DLL_FILES = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_XREF_FILES = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: Calling renderer
0: INFO: Loading Map Files
0: INFO: Preparing Objects
0: INFO: Computing Antialiasing Filter
0: INFO: Preparing Lights
0: INFO: Rendering Reflect/Refract Maps
0: INFO:
0: INFO: Clipping Objects
0: INFO: Transforming Objects
0: INFO: Lightning: CallCurRendererRenderFrame returned code 1
0: INFO: Lightning: Render done
0: INFO: Lightning: Writing to output file: 0010
0: WARNING: Pressed the “Retry” button on popup “Image I/O Error”

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Stack Trace

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.a(TaskLogWriter A_0)

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Date: 2013/03/08 13:09:36
Frames: 10
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:00
Slave Name: WIN-FMST2CRI7LO
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rrussell · March 8, 2013, 9:17pm

Well, I found where that path was located, and it’s in the deadlineStartupMax2013.xml file in \your\repository\plugins\3dsmax:

        <SessionPaths displayable="1" editable="0" displayname="Alternate Paths" indent="0">
            <Path>
                <ProjectFolder displayable="1" editable="0" displayname="Alternate Project Folder" type="3" indent="1" length="40">C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\3dsMax</ProjectFolder>
            </Path>
        </SessionPaths>

I looked at the xml files for 2010 and 2011, and they had the max install path instead, so maybe you could try changing it to this:

        <SessionPaths displayable="1" editable="0" displayname="Alternate Paths" indent="0">
            <Path>
                <ProjectFolder displayable="1" editable="0" displayname="Alternate Project Folder" type="3" indent="1" length="40">C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\</ProjectFolder>
            </Path>
        </SessionPaths>

Slave the file, and try again with local rendering. I would expect you would get the same error, except that it will have the path above, because I’m guessing that max is just falling back to this path in this case.

Cheers,

Ryan

MikeOwen · March 8, 2013, 9:27pm

“I have so seen this issue before”…but I just can’t quite remember what caused it…

Do you have any scripts/path re-mapping going on in the background that might be ripping out the file path?
Perhaps on the slave rendering the Max file in question, its local configuration (user profile specific or not? Check “InstallSettings.ini” in root of 3dsMax install) has a different Max “Set Project Directory” than the submitting machine? Perhaps its pointing at a non-existing file path or a path which contains an illegal character? When this is encountered, it defaults to Ryan’s “Set Project Directory” path?

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