3dsmax corona unexpected error

Deadline
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Hi,

When I try to render a 3dsmax job with corona renderer sometimes tasks ends with unexpected error (log below). Any ideas what might be causing this?

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Error
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Error: RenderFrame: Timed out waiting for the lightning 3dsmax plugin to acknowledge the RenderTask command.
Network log file does not exist: C:\Users\[**cut**]\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMaxDesign\2015 - 64bit\ENU\Network\Max.log
   w Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)

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Type
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RenderPluginException

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

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Log
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2015-07-20 15:51:47:  BEGIN - [**cut**]
2015-07-20 15:51:47:  0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2015-07-20 15:51:47:  0: Task timeout is disabled.
2015-07-20 15:51:47:  0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 95
2015-07-20 15:51:48:  0: INFO: Render Tasks called
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If I remember right, this is because Max has taken longer to answer us than usual. It’s possible to increase that timeout by hacking “[repo]/plugins/3dsmax/3dsmax.py”. By default it waits five seconds (since the acknowledge is supposed to be quick). The line responsible looks like this:

response = self.MaxSocket.Receive( 5000 )

I think Max has just locked up after writing the scene output. If tweaking that value helps, we’ll need to bring that value to to a knob users can tweak.

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Can you update to v7.1.2.1, as it might help you here and also here:
forums.thinkboxsoftware.com/vie … 040#p61040