Deadline 5 Maxwell 2.6 Problem

OP:WinXP 64bit
Deadline:5.0.44528
Maxwell:2.6 64bit
Problem:Can’t render.

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Error Message

Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, -1. Check the log for more information.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

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Slave Log

0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: Untitled (999_050_999_490bae3f)
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin Maxwell
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Error:.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “desired rendering time : ([0-9]+.?[0-9])" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "desired sampling level : ([0-9]+.?[0-9]
)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Time: ([0-9]+)s.SL of ([0-9]+.?[0-9])” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Time: ([0-9]+)m([0-9]+)s.SL of ([0-9]+.?[0-9])” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Time: ([0-9]+)h([0-9]+)m([0-9]+)s.SL of ([0-9]+.?[0-9])” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Time: ([0-9]+)d([0-9]+)h([0-9]+)m([0-9]+)s.SL of ([0-9]+.?[0-9])” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: About: Maxwell Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: False
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: False
0: INFO: Creating New Console: True
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 2\maxwell.exe”
0: INFO: This is a single Maxwell file job, not including animation option.
0: INFO: This slave is in the interactive license list - an interactive license will be used instead of a render license
0: INFO: Saving output for this job to \CGDATA2\2012-02\27-chishi\output\aa01\222.tga
0: INFO: Saving MXI for this job to \CGDATA2\2012-02\27-chishi\output\mxi\test-a.mxi
0: INFO: Not resuming render from MXI file because it doesn’t exist yet
0: INFO: Render Argument: -mxs:"\CGDATA2\2012-02\27-chishi\scene\cornell_v2.mxs" -nowait -hide -threads:1 -time:100 -sampling:20 -verbose:4 -output:"\CGDATA2\2012-02\27-chishi\output\aa01\222.tga" -mxi:"\CGDATA2\2012-02\27-chishi\output\mxi\test-a.mxi"
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 2”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: INFO: Process exit code: -1

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Error Type

RenderPluginException

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Error Stack Trace

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask(TaskLogWriter tlw)

There were some issues with the Resume option in Deadline 5.0 that we addressed in Deadline 5.1. Until you are able to upgrade, it’s probably best to not use the Resume option.

Cheers,

  • Ryan