Deadline 3.0 and maya 2009

This error keeps coming up when trying to render maya 2009 fiels through Deadline 3.0

Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Monitored managed process “MayaBatch” has exited or been terminated. (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Slave Log
+.[0-9]+)% +computing final gather points"
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “progr: +rendering finished”
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “[PROGRESS] Completed frame*”
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “.[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame 100.00.
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “.Render complete.
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “[PROGRESS] Percentage of rendering done: (.)"
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex ".
[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame ([0-9]+.[0-9]+).*”
0: INFO: Handling stdout that matches regex “.*RIMG : +([0-9]+)%”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.entry point.
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “.Entry Point.
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: Not enforcing a build of Maya
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2009\bin\mayabatch.exe”
0: INFO: Render Argument: “-prompt -file “C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/Frantic Films/Deadline/slave/jobsData/HMW120_LFL_130_020_lit_v002.mb” -proj “//Proj/proj/_client/CREAM/HMW/SEG/HMW120_LFL/HMW120_LFL_130_020/prod/3d_lighting/””
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2009\bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 11-20
0: INFO: Waiting until maya is ready to go
0: WARNING: Monitored managed process MayaBatch is no longer running
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Monitored managed process “MayaBatch” has exited or been terminated. (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException) (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()

Can you try unchecking the “Use MayaBatch” option when submitting the job to see if you still have problems? The difference is that Deadline will use standard maya command line rendering instead of starting up mayabatch and piping it script commands. If you still have problems with the MayaBatch option disabled, then it could be an issue with the scene file or with Maya in general. Let us know the results!

Cheers,

  • Ryan