Deadline 7 - 3DS Max integrated script installation

Deadline
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I’ve attempted to follow the documentation:

The installer fails gloriously: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13044

As per the manual instructions, I have installed on multiple pcs and with Max 2011, 2013 and 2015.

The debugger spits out:

# -- No ""+"" function for undefined ** thread data: threadID:45096 ** ------------------------------------------------------ ** [stack level: 0] ** In anonymous codeblock; filename: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\scripts\startup\SMTDSetup.ms; position: 1356; line: 49 -- Locals: -- resultFile: undefined -- submitOutputFile: "C:\Users\AHOSKI~1.000\AppData\Local\Temp\submitOutput.txt" -- submitExitCodeFile: "C:\Users\AHOSKI~1.000\AppData\Local\Temp\submitExitCode.txt" -- commandArguments: "-outputfiles "C:\Users\AHOSKI~1.000\AppData\Local\Temp\submitOutput.txt" "C:\Users\AHOSKI~1.000\AppData\Local\Temp\submitExitCode.txt" -getrepositoryroot" -- repoRoot: "" -- deadlineCommandBG: undefined -- ready: undefined -- theFile: undefined -- resultMsg: undefined -- result: -2 -- startTimeStamp: undefined -- Externals: ** ------------------------------------------------------ ** [stack level: 1] ** called from top-level
It does this on launch and slows Max load times to a crawl.
No deadline menus are created, and if I install them like we used to in 6 and previous versions I get the following error:

The system environment variable DEADLINE_PATH is not defined on this computer. Please re-run Deadline client installer or set it manually.

So, I add the variable, give it the value: “C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline7”, re-launch 3DS MAX and attempt to start SMTD.
Error: "Timed out getting Repository Root from Deadline Command. (error code:1003)
A bunch of other errors follow before Max freezes, the dubugger crashes and max has to be forced closed.

Any help?

EDIT: All attempts are on Windows 7 x64 machines.

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Can you make your variable point to “C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline7\bin” instead? Thanks.

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Environment variable changed to C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline7\bin

Manual script installation is now working - apparently cleanly.
I’ll report back if I have further issues on the many nodes.

Any idea why Client is not applying the environment variables?
I have a mix of installations with both full GUI and unattended.

Thanks.

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Hello,

Can I ask if Deadline 7 is your first version of Deadline that was installed on the system? The reason I ask is that after 7 released, we found a bug where the DEADLINE_PATH variable was being removed by the uninstaller even if it was still in use. Therefore, if Deadline 6 had been removed after Deadline 7 was installed, it would take the variable with it. Let me know.

Cheers,

Dwight

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Hi Dwight,

For investigative purposes, I have installed them side-by-side with no success.
I have installed 7 and then unistalled 6 and they still don’t work.
I have uninstalled 6 and then installed 7, no success.

Finally I have a machine that has not had 6 installed. A fresh install of 7 failed.

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Hello,

Can you verify if the variable was there on the machine that never had Deadline? Same errors on submission script install? I think this may come down to scheduling a remote session, but let us take a look at that logging you’re going to send over first.

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Hi Dwight,

Let’s move all discussion to the other thread for now.
I’ll verify the environment variable for you in the morning and let you know how things behave from there.

Thanks!