Error in RenderArgument()

Deadline
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Hi,

We have been using deadline for a while now. We are still using 4.1.0.42706 as been really stable and have never found the right time to update to version 5 as had constant stream of scenes that need to be rendered, and the saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is my motto.

However have had a few issues occasionally where a submission will just error out give this error:

Exception Details RenderPluginException -- Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in RenderArgument(): must be greater than 0 Parameter name: desiredLength Actual value was 0. at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage) RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2) Exception.Data: ( ) Exception.TargetSite: Void RenderTask(Int32, Int32) Exception.Source: deadline Exception.StackTrace: at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame) at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()

We use a custom submission script so wondering if that might be the where are issue is. But what would like to know what the error actually means. What is the parameter: desiredLength?

Many thanks,

Richard

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Hey Richard,

The submitter must be setting a value that the job’s plugin isn’t liking. Which plugin are you rendering with (3dsmax, MayaCmd, etc)?

Also, find the job in the Monitor that produced this error, right-click on it and select Explore Repository Directory. Find the 2 *.job files and post them. We can look through them to see what value might be conflicting with the plugin you’re rendering with.

Thanks!

  • Ryan
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Thanks Ryan.

We are using a modified mental ray standalone submission script.

We mistakenly deleted the errored submissions so do not have them to post right now.

If/when it happens again I will post them.

Many thanks,

Richard