3dsmax submission, file in aux folder

[LaszloSebo]

When you submit the max file to the aux folder, the SceneFile plugin info parameter disappears. How does deadline know what the max file is? Does it just look for a max file in the aux folder? I couldn’t find any reference to the actual max scenefile in the submission parameters.

(trying to find a unified way of querying what file the 3dsmax job is going to render)

[rrussell]

Deadline is aware of all files submitted with the job, so it just grabs the first one (also known as the data file). In 3dsmax.py, you’ll see this line:

self.MaxFilename = self.Plugin.GetPluginInfoEntryWithDefault( "SceneFile", self.Plugin.GetDataFilename() )

If “SceneFile” isn’t defined in the plugin info settings, it falls back to the data file.

Cheers,

• Ryan