error for 3dsmax2009

Deadline
1

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Error Message

Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 3. Check the log for more information.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

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Slave Log

mmaCorrection:false -continueOnError -rfw:1 -videopostJob:False
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “c:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:18; 1 frames initialized
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:18;
0: STDOUT: Max install location: c:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:18; Max file being rendered: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Prime Focus\Deadline\slave\jobsData\camera02.max
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:18; Renderer: V-Ray Adv 1.50.SP2
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:25; [V-Ray] ============================================================
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:25; [V-Ray] Console created, V-Ray Adv 1.50.SP2 for x86 from Jun 8 2008, 20:03:04
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:25; [V-Ray] ============================================================
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:25; [V-Ray] Compiled with Intel C++ compiler, version 10
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:25; [V-Ray] Host is 3dsmax, version 11
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:25; [V-Ray] V-Ray DLL version is 1.60.16
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:29; An unexpected exception has occurred in the network renderer and it is terminating.
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:29; Error rendering frame 0: An unexpected exception has occurred in the network renderer and it is terminating.
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:30; Job Completed with Error(s) - see above
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:30; Max is down
0: STDOUT: 2010-10-16 15:50:30; Error occured while rendering job.
0: INFO: Process exit code: 3
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 3. Check the log for more information.

at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

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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()

2

It looks like Deadline is just the messenger here. 3dsmax is printing this out before exiting:’

Unfortunately, 3dsmax isn’t giving any additional information. The first thing we can do though is to see if the problem is Deadline-related or not. To do this, first open up the log for the task by right-clicking on the job and selecting Job Reports → View Log Reports. Here, you should see the executable and the arguments being passed to it to start the render.

Then go to the machine that produced this error, open a command prompt, and run the same command to see if you get the same error. Note that you will probably have to copy the scene file locally to this machine, and change the path in the command to point to it. If you get the same error, then at least you can rule out Deadline as the cause and go from there.

Cheers,

  • Ryan