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Errors doing Krakatoa Partitions on Deadline

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#1

Hi there. I get the following error when I submit a Krakatoa scene for partitioning:

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Error Message

Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): RenderTask: Unexpected exception (SEH exception: SEH Exception trapped in 3ds max: Access Violation
05/08 05:38:23 WRN: Gamma Correction is Being Enabled
2012/05/08 05:38:23 INF: Job: C:\Users\balvarez\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lampc066\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2012.max
2012/05/08 05:38:23 INF: Loaded C:/Users/balvarez/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lampc066/jobsData/sh_0060_Fx_dirtShatter_v008.max
2012/05/08 05:38:28 WRN: Gamma Correction is Being Disabled
2012/05/08 05:38:29 INF: Job: C:/Users/balvarez/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lampc066/jobsData/sh_0060_Fx_dirtShatter_v008.max
2012/05/08 05:38:29 INF: SYSTEM: Production renderer is changed to Krakatoa. Previous messages are cleared.
2012/05/08 05:38:33 ERR: Could not read/write file type:
2012/05/08 05:38:47 INF: SYSTEM: Production renderer is changed to Default Scanline Renderer. Previous messages are cleared.
2012/05/08 05:38:53 DBG: Starting network
2012/05/08 05:39:01 INF: Loaded C:\Users\balvarez\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lampc066\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2012.max
2012/05/08 05:39:01 WRN: Gamma Correction is Being Enabled
2012/05/08 05:39:01 INF: Job: C:\Users\balvarez\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lampc066\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2012.max
2012/05/08 05:39:01 INF: Loaded C:/Users/balvarez/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lampc066/jobsData/sh_0060_Fx_dirtShatter_v008.max
2012/05/08 05:39:07 WRN: Gamma Correction is Being Disabled
2012/05/08 05:39:08 INF: Job: C:/Users/balvarez/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lampc066/jobsData/sh_0060_Fx_dirtShatter_v008.max
2012/05/08 05:39:08 INF: SYSTEM: Production renderer is changed to Krakatoa. Previous messages are cleared.
2012/05/08 05:39:13 ERR: Could not read/write file type:
2012/05/08 05:39:36 ERR: Could not read/write file type:
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at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Windows 7 x64
3dsMax 2012 x64
Krakatoa 2.0.2.46508

Never use to have any issues with Krakatoa 1.6

Thanks.

#2

That message more or less is the same as a MAXScript “unknown system exception”. Its an error, but it doesn’t say anything about who or what the problem is. Have you tried using the “Submit Partitions Locally” button to do the partitions on a workstation? Does the scene work when directly rendered to an image? Is there a complex FumeFX simulation that is driving your particles?

My hunch is that one of the particle producing objects is unhappy in that scene. Can you send it to our ticket system here: http://support.thinkboxsoftware.com/

#3

Hi Darcy,

I figured out it was Keep Apart Operator that was causing the simulation to crash. I took it out of my system and now no errors.

Thanks again.

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