Deadline 3.0: Rhino rendering errors

Deadline
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When rendering Rhino version 4 SR3 files with VRay for VRay version 01.01.57 through Deadline, I get an error on the render slave that “RhinoRendererVB has encountered a problem and needs to close” and the file fails to render. Interestingly, if I cancel the render job, the render completes successfully. The same file renders with no issue on the slave when rendered through Rhino directly. I found this issue while doing beta testing for Deadline 3.0, but we weren’t able to get it resolved.

Here’s the error log from the slave:

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Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Dialog popup detected: Title “Render history settings”, Message “Maximum size on disk (MB):” (Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin+FailRenderException) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Slave Log
popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: STDOUT: Command was successful
0: STDOUT: Setting renderer to “V-Ray for Rhino”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: STDOUT: Command was successful
0: STDOUT: Rendering the scene
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup “V-Ray – Render Progress”
0: INFO: Detected popup dialog “Render history settings”.
0: INFO: ---- dump of dialog ----
0: INFO: Button: …
0: INFO: Static: VFB history temp path:
0: INFO: Edit:
0: INFO: Static: Maximum size on disk (MB):
0: INFO: Edit:
0: INFO: Button: OK
0: INFO: ---- end dump of dialog ----
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Dialog popup detected: Title “Render history settings”, Message “Maximum size on disk (MB):” (Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin+FailRenderException) (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()

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What we’ll try to do first is ignore that popup. I’ve attached a patch here that you can unzip to \your\repository\plugins\Rhino. This will prevent Deadline from reporting an error when “Render history settings” popup is detected. However, if this is a blocking dialog (ie: it needs user input before the render can continue), then the render will essentially stall indefinitely until someone comes along and presses a button. If this is the case, let us know, and we’ll move on to trying to handle the popup by pressing the appropriate button.

Cheers,

3

That seemed to do the trick. Thanks, Ryan!

Cheers,

Eric

4

Cool, glad to hear it! We’ll be sure to include this fix in our upcoming maintenance release.

Cheers,

  • Ryan