I am reaching out to ask how to add an Asset Dependency for jobs sent via 3dsMax submitter.
Specifically I think I am looking for a way to add the following :
RequiredAssets=<assetPath,assetPath,assetPath> : Specifies what asset files must exist before this job will resume (default = blank). These asset paths must be identified using full paths, and multiple paths can be separated with commas. If using frame dependencies, you can replace padding in a sequence with the ‘#’ characters, and a task for the job will only be resumed when the required assets for the task’s frame exist.
and make our remote workers wait till the .max scene has been synced to their local server.
Any help will be appreciated, thank you in advance!
Thanks for reaching out. I looked at the submissions scripts (I do not have scripting skills in Max) I think this option could be added to the part of script where it is creating the JobInfoFile. In Deadline 10.1.23.6 it is on line#10995 like below:
-- Create job info file
local jobInfoFile = CreateFile jobInfoFilename encoding:#utf8 writeBOM:true
if (jobInfoFile != undefined) then
(
format "Plugin=JobTransfer\n" to:jobInfoFile
format "Name=%\n" transferJobName to:jobInfoFile
format "BatchName=%\n" SMTDSettings.JobName to:jobInfoFile
format "UserName=%\n" SMTDSettings.UserName to:jobInfoFile
format "Department=%\n" transferDepartment to:jobInfoFile
format "Pool=%\n" transferPool to:jobInfoFile
format "Group=%\n" transferGroup to:jobInfoFile
format "Priority=%\n" transferPriority to:jobInfoFile
format "Frames=0\n" to:jobInfoFile
format "ChunkSize=1\n" to:jobInfoFile
if transferDeleteOnComplete do
format "OnJobComplete=Delete\n" to:jobInfoFile
You can open a new line here and add something like RequiredAssets=<scene’s_comma_separated_paths>
Or you can use this option in SMTD: (see the mouse pointer)
