Bug (with fix): Deadline 5.1 with 3dsmax 9

There’s a bug in the code that gives you an error when launching Submit To Deadline…

In max 9 you can’t have a tooltip on a DropdownList control for some reason…

if (maxversion())[1] != 9000 then --new line ( --new line --find this code in your SubmitMaxToDeadline.ms ddl_sceneSubmissionMode.tooltip = case ddl_sceneSubmissionMode.selection of ( 1: "The current scene will be saved to a temporary file which will be sent with the job and will be stored in the Job's folder in the Repository." 2: "The current scene will be saved to a temporary file which will be copied to a Globally-Defined Alternative Network Location (e.g. dedicated file server).\n\nIt is specified in Repository\Submission\3dsmax\SubmitMaxToDeadline_Defaults.ini [GlobalSettings] SubmitSceneGlobalBasePath key.\n\nIt will be referenced by the Job via its path only.\n\nThis will reduce the load on the Repository server." 3: "The current scene will be saved to a temporary file which will be copied to a User-Defined Alternative Network Location (e.g. dedicated file server) stored as a local setting.\n\nIt will be referenced by the Job via its path only.\n\nThis will reduce the load on the Repository server." 4: "The current scene will NOT be saved, but the original file it was opened from will be referenced by the job. \n\nAssuming the file resides on a dedicated file server, this will speed up submission and rendering significantly, but current changes to the scene objects will be ignored." ) )--new line --end of new lines

Thanks for reporting this! It turns out this will affect 3dsmax 2008 as well, since the drop down tooltip wasn’t introduced until 2009.

Cheers,

  • Ryan