Hi there,
Im having trouble getting my XMesh Processing to work via the deadline submission.
Im using Prt Loader to load particles, Frost to mesh them, genome to do some custom deformation and finally XMesh to make sharing the mesh between co-workers more efficient.
The XMesh Saver works as expected on my workstation within Max, but if i submit to Deadline from within the XMesh Saver dialogue, i get the error below. (even if my own workstation picks up the job)
I have all related plugins being loaded from the network.
3dsMax2011, 64bit, win7
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Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): RenderTask: Unexpected exception (Exception caught in 3ds max: – Unable to convert: “undefined” to type: BooleanClass
2012/11/05 15:55:27 INF: Loaded C:/Users/render/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Rend060/jobsData/010_XMesh_002.max
2012/11/05 15:55:27 WRN: Gamma Correction is Being Enabled
2012/11/05 15:55:27 INF: Job: C:/Users/render/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Rend060/jobsData/010_XMesh_002.max
)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
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Slave Log
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: 010_XMesh_002 [MAXSCRIPT] (00b_100_999_64869bdc)
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin 3dsmax
0: INFO: About: 3dsmax Plugin for Deadline
0: INFO: Start Job called - starting up 3dsmax plugin
0: INFO: Rendering with 3dsmax version: 2011
0: INFO: Build of 3dsmax to force: 64bit
0: INFO: Rendering with executable: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\3dsmax.exe
0: INFO: Checking registry for 3dsmax language code
0: INFO: Found language code: 409
0: INFO: Language code string: enu
0: INFO: Fail on existing 3dsmax process: 0
0: INFO: Load 3dsmax timeout: 1000 seconds
0: INFO: Start job timeout: 1000 seconds
0: INFO: Progress update timeout: 8000 seconds
0: INFO: Progress update timout disabled: 0
0: INFO: Slave mode enabled: 1
0: INFO: Silent mode enabled: 0
0: INFO: Local rendering enabled: 1
0: INFO: Strict 3dsmax check enabled: 1
0: INFO: Verifying installation of 3dsmax 2011 at C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011
0: INFO: Version of core.dll: 13.7.0.119
0: INFO: Ensuring 3dsmax install is valid
0: INFO: Running 3dsmaxcmd workaround
0: INFO: 3dsmaxcmd.exe returned: P5/11/2012 15:55:06 p.m.; Error opening scene file: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011”
0: INFO: 3dsmax start up file: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2011.max
0: INFO: Using user profiles: 1
0: INFO: 3dsmax user profile path: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2011 - 64bit\enu
0: INFO: 3dsmax data path: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2011 - 64bit\enu
0: INFO: 3dsmax ini file: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2011 - 64bit\enu\3dsmax.ini
0: INFO: Network log file: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2011 - 64bit\enu\Network\Max.log
0: INFO: Plugin ini file: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\plugin.ini
0: INFO: Not including user profile plugin ini because it does not exist: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2011 - 64bit\enu\Plugin.UserSettings.ini
0: INFO: Lightning connection plugin: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\plugins\lightning64Max2011.dlx
0: INFO: 3dsmax socket connection port: 49817
0: INFO: Creating startup script: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Temp\lightning_startup.ms
0: INFO: Copying C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\plugins\lightning64Max2011.dlx to C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\temp\lightning\lightning.dlx
0: INFO: Copying dl.ini to 3dsmax data path: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2011 - 64bit\enu
0: INFO: If this fails, make sure that the necessary permissions are set on this folder to allow for this copy to take place
0: INFO: Starting monitored managed process 3dsmaxProcess
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Brazil Console.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.MSP Acceleration.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.FumeFX.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.FumeFX Dynamics:.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “FumeFX\s*$” will be handled by pressing “Yes”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Maxwell Translation Window.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Import Multilight.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.New updates are available - Craft Director Tools.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Hair Farm” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Batch Render In Progress” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Pencil” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.VRay authorization.” will be handled by pressing “Cancel”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.V-Ray warning.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.File Load: Units Mismatch.” will be handled by pressing “Adopt the File’s Unit Scale?;OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.File Load: Gamma & LUT Settings Mismatch.” will be handled by pressing “Adopt the File’s Gamma and LUT Settings?;OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.3ds Max.” will be handled by pressing “Yes”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Frame Rate Change.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.MAXScript Auto-load Script Error.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history settings.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history note.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Warning - the software has encountered a problem.” will be handled by pressing “Don’t show me this error again;Continue”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Frantic Films FPS Watchdog.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Missing Dlls.” will be handled by pressing “Cancel”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Brazil r/s Rio Warning” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “3D Studio MAX” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.New updates are available - Craft Director Tools.” will be handled by pressing “Cancel”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Pop-up Note.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Tablet Version Mismatch.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Tablet Driver.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Gather error.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Image I/O Error.” will be handled by pressing “Retry”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Important nPower Plug-in Messages.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.glu3D.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.glu3D Warning!.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Bitmap Filter Error.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Maxwell Plug-in Update Notification.” will be handled by pressing “Don’t notify me about this version automatically;Close”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.RealFlow Plug-in Update Notification.” will be handled by pressing “Don’t notify me about this version automatically;Close”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Learning Movies.” will be handled by pressing “Show this dialog at startup;Close”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Obsolete File.” will be handled by pressing “Don’t display this message.;OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Error Loading.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.IO Error.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Error.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Loading of custom driver failed.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Warning” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Welcome To Vue 8 xStream!.” will be handled by pressing “Don’t show this dialog again;Close”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Vue 8 xStream.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.3ds Max Performance Driver.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.* Autodesk Customer Involvement Program.*” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.nPower Software Plugin Product Selection Dialog.” will be handled by pressing “Solids Bundle (Solids + Translators);OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Exception.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.DbxHost Message.” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: False
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: False
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\3dsmax.exe”
0: INFO: Render Argument: -p “dl.ini” -q -s “C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2011.max”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: INFO: Waiting for connection from 3dsmax
0: INFO: Connected to 3dsmax plugin version Lightning 5.2.0.47700 Jun 27 2012 09:27:57 R
0: INFO: Scene file to render: “C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\jobsData\010_XMesh_002.max”
0: INFO: Camera: no camera specified, rendering active viewport
0: INFO: This is a MAXScript Job
0: INFO: MAXScript to be executed: “C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\jobsData\XMeshSaverDeadlineScriptJob.ms”
0: INFO: Restarting renderer after each frame: 1
0: INFO: Showing frame buffer: 0
0: INFO: Overriding render output:
0: INFO: Frame number base: 0
0: INFO: Remove padding from output filename: 0
0: INFO: Ignore missing external file errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing UVW errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing XREF errors: 1
0: INFO: Ignore missing DLL errors: 0
0: INFO: Disabling Multipass: 0
0: INFO: Loading 3dsmax scene file
0: INFO: [filename]
[format]
[size] 640x480
[aspect] 1
0: INFO: Executing script: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\plugins\customize.ms
0: INFO: Applying customizations to max file…
0: INFO: >Adding scene path ‘C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\jobsData’ to session paths
0: INFO: >General Renderer Settings:
0: INFO: +Render Width set to 1280
0: INFO: +Render Height set to 720
0: INFO: +Pixel Aspect set to 1.0
0: INFO: +Atmospherics set to true
0: INFO: +Effects set to true
0: INFO: +Displacements set to true
0: INFO: +Area Lights/Shadows As Points set to false
0: INFO: +Force 2-Sided set to false
0: INFO: +Render Hidden Geometry set to false
0: INFO: +Video Color Check set to false
0: INFO: +Super Black set to false
0: INFO: +Render To Fields set to false
0: INFO: +Skip Existing Frames set to false
0: INFO: >Bitmap Pager Settings:
0: INFO: +Not overriding Bitmap Pager setting
0: INFO: >Render Environment Settings:
0: INFO: +Background Color set to (color 0 0 0)
0: INFO: +Use Environment Map set to false
0: INFO: +Ambient Color set to (color 0 0 0)
0: INFO: +Global Light Tint Color set to (color 255 255 255)
0: INFO: +Global Light Level set to 1.0
0: INFO: >V-Ray detected as current renderer.
0: INFO: +Enabled VRay silent mode
0: INFO: >Performing XREF workaround…
0: INFO: >Scanning Renderer Paths…
0: INFO: >Done Scanning Renderer Paths.
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1
0: INFO: Render Tasks called
0: INFO: Executing script: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Rend060\jobsData\XMeshSaverDeadlineScriptJob.ms
0: INFO: Starting Thinkbox XMesh Saving Job…
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Error Type
RenderPluginException
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Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask(TaskLogWriter tlw)