i want to know where i can examin the completed job?now the rendering farm has problems too,all the slave machine all show that can not find the path of the repository,but the repository’s network path is right,why?
Are you looking for render logs? You can view the render logs for a job by right-clicking on it in the Monitor and selecting Job Reports → View Log Reports.
What operating system do you have the repository installed on? If it’s a non-server Windows OS, you’re probably running into the connection limitation, which is explained on our system requirements page:
franticfilms.com/software/su … ements.php
Cheers,
- Ryan
hi i want to know if the deadline have futher function ecept the function of the document illustrate?thank you!now i can successfully rendering use “3ds cmd” and do not have any exception in the slave .
That’s great! We’re glad to hear you’re having success while rendering now!
We’ve pretty much documented all of Deadline’s functionality in our online documentation here:
franticfilms.com/software/su … ntents.php
If you have any questions about anything specific, just let us know!
Cheers,
- Ryan
hi thank you for your support all the time.is deadline available to manage?what is available to manage?how to evalue it as available to manange?thank you ?
No problem! I’m not sure I understand your question though. Are you looking to manage something other than your render farm?
well i mean is that how to evaluate the rendering management software is administrable?and how many type of rendering management software is administrable? is the deadline can administrable? i want to find an administrable rendering management software which utilized to rendering farm.i also do not know the mean of administrable ,i only thought there is administrable rendering management software that can work as rendering farm. i think you can understand. 
thank you!
Sorry, but I’m still not understanding the question. Are you asking if you can perform administrative tasks with Deadline, like disable slaves, run arbitrary remote commands, etc? If so, then yes, Deadline can do this sort of administrative tasking. Or are you asking if Deadline can replace general network administrating software? In some cases, yes, but I really need you to tell me what you are looking for specifically so that I can properly answer your question.
Cheers,
- Ryan
sorry i can not understand it well too.somedays later i will statement this question to you again ,sorry .thank you
hi,can you give me the license of deadline?that dys ago i only use two machines render farm ,it do not need license,but now i want to use more than four machines to learn it .can i get it?my email is"ruby0538@163.com".thank you! 
You can request a 30 day trial license for as many nodes as you’d like from here:
franticfilms.com/software/pr … /download/
Just fill out the request form on the right.
Cheers,
- Ryan
hi
thank you i have got the deadline license.now,i will give you the mean of the administrable rendering software is :you could not to install rendering plug-in on all of machine,only install it on the administrator machine,but the slaves can not install it.for example :if you want to rendering 3ds max scene ,so you can install 3ds max only on the administrator machine but the slaves can not install it,we also can hve maya as this,when you want to rendering maya scene you only install maya on the administrator machine but the slaves could not install the maya.
yes it is.is deadline can get the level?i remeber dealine need all the slave install the 3ds max or maya and so on?is any rendering management software can adminstrable?thank you!!
hi
if i have the scene of 3ds max8 can i submit it using 3ds max 9?and when i rendering this scene it has exception as :
Exception Details
RenderPluginException – Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 3 (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)
Exception.Data: ( )
Exception.TargetSite: Void RenderTask(Int32, Int32)
Exception.Source: deadline
Exception.StackTrace:
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()
what can i do to slove this exception?please help me .i am very hurry!
The slave machines need to have access to the rendering software (ie: 3dsmax, Maya, etc), and normally this involves installing the software on each render node. I’m not aware of any render farm management solutions that don’t have this requirement. However, depending on the software, it may be possible to do a single install to a network location, and then configure the Deadline plugins so that the slaves use the network path to launch the software. I know this has been done with Lightwave, but I honestly don’t know if this will work with 3dsmax or Maya.
Regarding that error message, can you post the full render log? You can find it by right-clicking on a job in the Monitor and selecting Job Reports -> View Log Reports. Max is returning a non-zero error code, so for some reason, it is having trouble rendering the scene (could be because the scene was created with a different version of Max). Hopefully, the render log will provide more information to explain the problem.
Cheers,
- Ryan
hi
i already alternate the version of deadline 3.1sp1 and the log as follows:
Log Message
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: 矿井三维图11 (999_050_999_65bfbb5e)
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin 3dsCmd
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “'ERROR :.*”
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “Frame [0-9]+ assigned”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Render history settings.”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Rendering In Progress.”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Rendering -.”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Maxwell Translation Window.”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library.” by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.V-Ray warning.” by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.Maxwell Plug-in Update Notification.” by pressing “Don’t notify me about this version automatically;Close”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.RealFlow Plug-in Update Notification.” by pressing “Don’t notify me about this version automatically;Close”
0: INFO: About: 3dsCmd Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Enforcing 32 bit build of Max
0: INFO: Render Executable: “c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\3dsmaxcmd.exe”
0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
0: INFO: Render Argument: “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\矿井三维图11.max” -v:4 -start:0 -end:0 -w:768 -h:576 -pixelAspect:1.0 -atmospherics:true -renderHidden:false -effects:true -useAreaLights:false -displacements:true -force2Sided:false -videoColorCheck:false -superBlack:false -renderFields:false -skipRenderedFrames:false -outputName:“C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\桌面\主井上俯瞰.avi” -gammaCorrection:false -continueOnError -rfw:true -videopostJob:false
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:05:43; 1 ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:05:43;
0: STDOUT: Max ???: c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:05:43; Max ???: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData???11.max
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:05:43; ???: ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:06:20; Max ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:06:20; ?? 0 ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:06:52; AVI - ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:06:52; ??? “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator???.avi” ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:06:52; ???(???)
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:06:52; ??? 0: ???(???) ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:06:53; ??? - ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-22 10:07:04; ???
0: INFO: Process exit code: 3
Log Details
Log Date/Time = Jul 22/09 10:07:06
Frames = 0-0
Slave Machine = 20090514-0944
Slave Version = v3.1.0.36430 R
Plugin Name = 3dsCmd
and the slave show the exception that:
Exception Details
RenderPluginException – Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 3 (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)
Exception.Data: ( )
Exception.TargetSite: Void RenderTask(Int32, Int32)
Exception.Source: deadline
Exception.StackTrace:
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()
why?please help me!thank you !
Thanks for the log, but unfortunately a bug in Deadline (which will be fixed in the next release) is messing up the unicode output, which is why you’re seeing all the ?'s. So let’s see if you get the same error from a command prompt outside of Deadline. Go to the machine that is reporting this error, open a DOS prompt, and run the following:
"c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\3dsmaxcmd.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\矿井三维图11.max" -v:4 -start:0 -end:0 -w:768 -h:576 -pixelAspect:1.0 -atmospherics:true -renderHidden:false -effects:true -useAreaLights:false -displacements:true -force2Sided:false -videoColorCheck:false -superBlack:false -renderFields:false -skipRenderedFrames:false -outputName:"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\桌面\主井上俯瞰.avi" -gammaCorrection:false -continueOnError -rfw:true -videopostJob:falseNote that before you run this command, you need to copy the max file you want to render to “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\矿井三维图11.max”. After the command executes, please post the output and if possible, translate the output to english for us.
Out of curiosity, do you have the same problem rendering a scene that is created in 3dsmax 9 (as opposed to 3dsmax 8)?
Cheers,
- Ryan
hi
after the execution of DOS prompt the result is:
2009-7-23 9:05:40; initialize one frame
2009-7-23 9:05:40;
Max installationsite: c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9
2009-7-23 9:05:40; rensdering max file: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Loca
l Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\矿井三维图11.m
ax
2009-7-23 9:05:40; rendering: default scanline renderer
2009-7-23 9:05:58; Max ready
2009-7-23 9:05:59; the frame of zero designated
2009-7-23 9:06:24; AVI - internal error
2009-7-23 9:06:24; read-in “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\桌面\主井
上俯瞰.avi” 时出错。
2009-7-23 9:06:24; redering mistake(renderin frame)
2009-7-23 9:06:24; rendering the frame of zero: rendering error(rendering frame) mistake
2009-7-23 9:06:24; operation complete，exisist errors - vide supra
2009-7-23 9:06:34; rendering the job has mistake
the Chinese i have not translate is :
2009-7-23 9:05:40; 1 帧被初始化
2009-7-23 9:05:40;
Max 安装位置: c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9
2009-7-23 9:05:40; Max 文件被渲染: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Loca
l Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\矿井三维图11.m
ax
2009-7-23 9:05:40; 渲染: 默认扫描线渲染器
2009-7-23 9:05:58; Max 已准备好
2009-7-23 9:05:59; 帧 0 已被指定
2009-7-23 9:06:24; AVI - 内部错误
2009-7-23 9:06:24; 写入文件 “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\桌面\主井
上俯瞰.avi” 时出错。
2009-7-23 9:06:24; 渲染错误(渲染帧)
2009-7-23 9:06:24; 渲染帧 0: 渲染错误(渲染帧) 时出错
2009-7-23 9:06:24; 作业完成，存在错误 - 参见上文
2009-7-23 9:06:34; 渲染作业时出错
yes,the 3ds max 9 scene has the same problem:the rendering log reports is:
Log Message
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: 007 (999_050_999_0da02756)
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin 3dsCmd
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “'ERROR :.*”
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “Frame [0-9]+ assigned”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Render history settings.”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Rendering In Progress.”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Rendering -.”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Maxwell Translation Window.”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library.” by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.V-Ray warning.” by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.Maxwell Plug-in Update Notification.” by pressing “Don’t notify me about this version automatically;Close”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.RealFlow Plug-in Update Notification.” by pressing “Don’t notify me about this version automatically;Close”
0: INFO: About: 3dsCmd Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Enforcing 32 bit build of Max
0: INFO: Render Executable: “c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\3dsmaxcmd.exe”
0: INFO: Render Argument: “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\007.max” -v:4 -start:0 -end:0 -w:1200 -h:900 -pixelAspect:1.0 -atmospherics:true -renderHidden:false -effects:true -useAreaLights:false -displacements:true -force2Sided:false -videoColorCheck:false -superBlack:false -renderFields:false -skipRenderedFrames:false -gammaCorrection:false -continueOnError -rfw:true -videopostJob:false
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:09:55; 1 ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:09:55;
0: STDOUT: Max ???: c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:09:55; Max ???: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\007.max
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:09:55; ???: ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:19; ??? dll: vrender60.dlr - VRayMtl
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:19; ??? dll: vrender60.dlr - VRayShadow
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:19; ??? dll: vrender60.dlr - VRayLanczosFilter
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:19; ??? dll: vrender60.dlr - V-Ray Adv 1.5 RC2
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:22; Max ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:23; 帧 0 已被指定
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:24; ??? (???)
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:24; ??? 0: ??? (???) ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:24; ??? - ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:34; ???
0: INFO: Process exit code: 3
Log Details
Log Date/Time = Jul 23/09 09:10:36
Frames = 0-0
Slave Machine = 20090514-0944
Slave Version = v3.1.0.36430 R
Plugin Name = 3dsCmd
and there are rendering error reports:
Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 3 (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
Slave Log
ts and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\007.max" -v:4 -start:0 -end:0 -w:1200 -h:900 -pixelAspect:1.0 -atmospherics:true -renderHidden:false -effects:true -useAreaLights:false -displacements:true -force2Sided:false -videoColorCheck:false -superBlack:false -renderFields:false -skipRenderedFrames:false -gammaCorrection:false -continueOnError -rfw:true -videopostJob:false
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:09:55; 1 ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:09:55;
0: STDOUT: Max ???: c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:09:55; Max ???: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\007.max
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:09:55; ???: ???
---- July 23 2009 – 09:10 AM ----
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:19; ??? dll: vrender60.dlr - VRayMtl
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:19; ??? dll: vrender60.dlr - VRayShadow
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:19; ??? dll: vrender60.dlr - VRayLanczosFilter
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:19; ??? dll: vrender60.dlr - V-Ray Adv 1.5 RC2
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:22; Max ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:23; 帧 0 已被指定
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:24; ??? (???)
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:24; ??? 0: ??? (???) ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:24; ??? - ???
0: STDOUT: 2009-7-23 9:10:34; ???
0: INFO: Process exit code: 3
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 3 (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
Error Type
RenderPluginException
Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()
that is all!thank you!
It looks like a problem with your 3dsmax 9 installation, since rendering from the command prompt also produces the same error:
Have you tried rendering to another format other than AVI?
so what can i do next now i use deadlien 3.0 sp1 and 3ds max 9 the rendering exception as follow:
Exception Details
RenderPluginException – Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 3 (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)
Exception.Data: ( )
Exception.TargetSite: Void RenderTask(Int32, Int32)
Exception.Source: deadline
Exception.StackTrace:
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()
Exception Details
RenderPluginException – Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Dialog popup detected: Title “渲染进度”, Message “正在变换顶点…” (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)
Exception.Data: ( )
Exception.TargetSite: Void RenderTask(Int32, Int32)
Exception.Source: deadline
Exception.StackTrace:
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()
and only one frame can rendered.it has lots of marks as"?".
and when i open 3dsmax file shows that lack of external file and dll what can i do next?please help me!thank you!yes i already alternate the jobs but also have the same exception!why?please help me !please!thank you!
This bug will be fixed in the next release.
You would have to install the missing plugins to get rid of the dll errors. From two posts back, it looks like vray isn’t installed. For the missing external files, you need to make sure that any external references you point to are on the network somewhere, otherwise the slave machines won’t be able to find them.