Getting that assemblies error on deadline 6.1 and max 2014

joconnell · June 23, 2014, 11:34am

Hi Folks,

I seem to be getting that assembly error on random machines on my farm - they’re all cloned so in theory the same setup on all of them but one out of the three nodes I’m using to test e-on’s ozone is sitting there like a moron and never actually starting to render - here’s it’s log. I’ve read that this was an issue back in max 2013 with service packs or deadline, is there a similar issue with 2014?

Cheers!

John

Connecting to VFXRENDER_030... Success ---- 2014/06/23 12:32 ---- Scheduler Thread - Synchronizing job auxiliary files from \\192.168.0.200\repository\DeadlineRepository\jobs\53a805ea7597a01ad8efcfec Scheduler Thread - Synchronization time for job files: 15.591 ms Scheduler Thread - Synchronizing plugin files from \\192.168.0.200\repository\DeadlineRepository\plugins\3dsmax Scheduler Thread - Synchronization time for plugin files: 202.688 ms Constructor: 3dsmax 0: Task timeout is disabled. 0: Loaded job: Ozone_nonsense (53a805ea7597a01ad8efcfec) 0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a805ea7597a01ad8efcfec\3dsmax.py 0: INFO: About: 3dsmax Plugin for Deadline 0: INFO: The current environment will be used for rendering 0: INFO: Start Job called - starting up 3dsmax plugin 0: INFO: Sys Env Var PATH: C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline6\bin\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner\ 0: INFO: Sys Env Var PATH length: 274 0: INFO: Backburner Path(s) Found in PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner\' 0: INFO: Backburner server.exe version: 2014.0.3.1673 0: INFO: Rendering with 3dsmax version: 2014 0: INFO: Not forcing a build of 3dsmax because version 2014 and later is 64 bit only 0: INFO: Rendering with executable: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmax.exe 0: INFO: Slave 3dsmax.exe version: 16.5.277.0 0: INFO: Submitted from 3dsmax.exe version: 16.3.253.0 0: INFO: Submitted from 3dsmax.exe description: 3dsMax 2014 + servicepack_sp3/subs_py_stereo_cam_extension 0: WARNING: Slave's 3dsmax version is NOT the same as the 3dsmax version that was used to submit this job! Unexpected results may occur! 0: INFO: Checking registry for 3dsmax language code 0: INFO: Language code string: ENU 0: INFO: Language sub directory: en-US 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 timeout disabled: 0 0: INFO: Kill ADSK WSCommCntr*.exe process: False 0: INFO: Slave mode enabled: 1 0: INFO: Silent mode enabled: 0 0: INFO: Local rendering enabled: 0 0: INFO: Running render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe 0: INFO: 3dsmaxcmd.exe returned: 23/06/2014 12:32:41; Error opening scene file: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\" 0: INFO: Render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe completed successfully. Please ignore the 'Error opening...' message thrown by 3dsmaxcmd.exe above. 0: INFO: 3dsmax start up file: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a805ea7597a01ad8efcfec\deadlineStartupMax2014.max 0: INFO: Using user profiles: 1 0: INFO: 3dsmax user profile path: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU 0: INFO: 3dsmax data path: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\ 0: INFO: 3dsmax ini file: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\3dsmax.ini 0: INFO: Network log file: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\Network\Max.log 0: INFO: Plugin ini file: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\en-US\plugin.ini 0: INFO: Including user profile plugin ini: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\Plugin.UserSettings.ini 0: INFO: Lightning connection plugin: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a805ea7597a01ad8efcfec\lightning64Max2014.dlx 0: INFO: 3dsmax socket connection port: 49335 0: INFO: Setting up startup environment 0: INFO: Copying C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a805ea7597a01ad8efcfec\lightning64Max2014.dlx to C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\temp\lightning\lightning.dlx 0: INFO: Starting monitored managed process 3dsmaxProcess 0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True 0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: False 0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True 0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: False 0: INFO: Creating New Console: False 0: INFO: Executable: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmax.exe" 0: INFO: Argument: -p "C:\Users\VFXREN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\dl.ini" -q -s "C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a805ea7597a01ad8efcfec\deadlineStartupMax2014.max" 0: INFO: Startup Directory: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014" 0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal 0: INFO: Process Affinity: default 0: INFO: Process is now running 0: INFO: Waiting for connection from 3dsmax ---- 2014/06/23 12:33 ---- 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.000 INFO: Begin setting up global configuration 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.031 INFO: End setting up global configuration 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.031 INFO: Begin initialize system watcher to detect file changes 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.031 INFO: End initialize system watcher to detect file changes 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.031 INFO: Begin loading assemblies 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.031 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.StateSets.dll- 12:33:16.078 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.078 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.078 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.234 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:16.234 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 12:33:17.359 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers, Version=16.5.277.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 12:33:17.359 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:17.359 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers- 12:33:17.359 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:17.639 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets, Version=16.5.277.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 12:33:17.639 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.497 INFO: Created instance of type 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.497 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.497 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 12:33:18.497 INFO: Created instance of type 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.497 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.497 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.513 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.513 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.dll- 12:33:18.513 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.513 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.513 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.560 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.591 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.591 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.591 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\DaylightSimulation.dll- 12:33:18.591 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.591 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.591 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\FPMaxWpfContent.dll- 12:33:18.669 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\ManagedBootstrap.dll- 12:33:18.669 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.669 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\ManagedNetworkUtilities.dll- 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\MaterialExplorerView.dll- 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\MaxWpfContent.dll- 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.685 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.872 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.872 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.872 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.872 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\nunit.framework.dll- 12:33:18.872 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.903 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.903 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.903 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.903 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.903 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.903 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\SceneExplorerView.dll- 12:33:18.903 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.903 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.903 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\Sunlight.dll- 12:33:18.950 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.950 INFO: End loading assemblies 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:18.965 INFO: Begin registering loaded plugins 0: STDOUT: - 12:33:19.433 INFO: End registering loaded plugins

MikeOwen · June 23, 2014, 2:05pm

Hi John,

Looking at your log, it might be an idea to ensure the 3dsMax version you are submitting the job from matches the rendernodes. Perhaps, there is something which E-on is getting upset about as 3dsMax loads, which is causing the issue?

It looks like your slave is running Max2014 + SP5, but your submitting machine is on Max 2014 + SP3. Once on the same version, it might be an idea to eyeball in this job on the troublesome slave either whilst it’s running via Deadline Slave or indeed, try opening the scene file manually up on this machine and just see, if 3dsMax/E-on is having any kind of issue.

Regards,
Mike

joconnell · June 23, 2014, 5:07pm

Heya Mike!

I think I popped in the service pack and a backburner update after the render not working just to check if that’d fix the issue, here’s a log with both machines on sp5 with the extension removed from the submitting workstation too:

Connecting to VFXRENDER_030... Success ---- 2014/06/23 17:54 ---- Scheduler Thread - >>> SLAVE DISABLED, SKIPPING TASK DEQUEUING Trying to connect using license server '192.168.1.145'... License obtained. Scheduler Thread - Synchronizing job auxiliary files from \\192.168.0.200\repository\DeadlineRepository\jobs\53a858cd7597a0182401d87b Scheduler Thread - Synchronization time for job files: 15.600 ms Scheduler Thread - Synchronizing plugin files from \\192.168.0.200\repository\DeadlineRepository\plugins\3dsmax Scheduler Thread - Synchronization time for plugin files: 202.799 ms Constructor: 3dsmax 0: Task timeout is disabled. 0: Loaded job: more_Ozone_nonsense (53a858cd7597a0182401d87b) 0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a858cd7597a0182401d87b\3dsmax.py 0: INFO: About: 3dsmax Plugin for Deadline 0: INFO: The current environment will be used for rendering 0: INFO: Start Job called - starting up 3dsmax plugin 0: INFO: Sys Env Var PATH: C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline6\bin\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner\ 0: INFO: Sys Env Var PATH length: 274 0: INFO: Backburner Path(s) Found in PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner\' 0: INFO: Backburner server.exe version: 2014.0.3.1673 0: INFO: Rendering with 3dsmax version: 2014 0: INFO: Not forcing a build of 3dsmax because version 2014 and later is 64 bit only 0: INFO: Rendering with executable: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmax.exe 0: INFO: Slave 3dsmax.exe version: 16.5.277.0 0: INFO: Slave 3dsmax.exe description: 3dsMax 2014 + servicepack_sp5 0: INFO: Submitted from 3dsmax.exe version: 16.5.277.0 0: INFO: Submitted from 3dsmax.exe description: 3dsMax 2014 + servicepack_sp5 0: INFO: Checking registry for 3dsmax language code 0: INFO: Language code string: ENU 0: INFO: Language sub directory: en-US 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 timeout disabled: 0 0: INFO: Kill ADSK WSCommCntr*.exe process: False 0: INFO: Slave mode enabled: 1 0: INFO: Silent mode enabled: 0 0: INFO: Local rendering enabled: 0 0: INFO: Running render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe 0: INFO: 3dsmaxcmd.exe exit code: 3 0: INFO: 3dsmaxcmd.exe returned: 23/06/2014 17:54:39; Error opening scene file: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\" 0: INFO: Render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe completed successfully. Please ignore the 'Error opening...' message thrown by 3dsmaxcmd.exe above. 0: INFO: 3dsmax start up file: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a858cd7597a0182401d87b\deadlineStartupMax2014.max 0: INFO: Using user profiles: 1 0: INFO: 3dsmax user profile path: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU 0: INFO: 3dsmax data path: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\ 0: INFO: 3dsmax ini file: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\3dsmax.ini 0: INFO: Network log file: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\Network\Max.log 0: INFO: Plugin ini file: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\en-US\plugin.ini 0: INFO: Including user profile plugin ini: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\Plugin.UserSettings.ini 0: INFO: Lightning connection plugin: C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a858cd7597a0182401d87b\lightning64Max2014.dlx 0: INFO: 3dsmax socket connection port: 51326 0: INFO: Setting up startup environment 0: INFO: Copying C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a858cd7597a0182401d87b\lightning64Max2014.dlx to C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\temp\lightning\lightning.dlx 0: INFO: Starting monitored managed process 3dsmaxProcess 0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True 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: Executable: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmax.exe" 0: INFO: Argument: -p "C:\Users\VFXREN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\dl.ini" -q -s "C:\Users\vfxrender\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\VFXRENDER_030\plugins\53a858cd7597a0182401d87b\deadlineStartupMax2014.max" 0: INFO: Startup Directory: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014" 0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal 0: INFO: Process Affinity: default 0: INFO: Process is now running 0: INFO: Waiting for connection from 3dsmax 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.000 INFO: Begin setting up global configuration 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.015 INFO: End setting up global configuration 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.015 INFO: Begin initialize system watcher to detect file changes 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.015 INFO: End initialize system watcher to detect file changes 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.031 INFO: Begin loading assemblies 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.031 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.StateSets.dll- 17:54:42.046 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.046 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.046 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.109 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.124 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 17:54:42.140 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers, Version=16.5.277.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 17:54:42.140 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.140 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers- 17:54:42.140 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:42.312 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets, Version=16.5.277.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 17:54:42.312 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.670 INFO: Created instance of type 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.670 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.670 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 17:54:43.670 INFO: Created instance of type 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.670 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.686 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.686 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.686 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.dll- 17:54:43.686 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.686 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.686 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.733 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\DaylightSimulation.dll- 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\FPMaxWpfContent.dll- 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\ManagedBootstrap.dll- 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.764 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\ManagedNetworkUtilities.dll- 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\MaterialExplorerView.dll- 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\MaxWpfContent.dll- 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\nunit.framework.dll- 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.780 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\SceneExplorerView.dll- 17:54:43.795 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\Sunlight.dll- 17:54:43.795 INFO: Begin loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End loading assembly file 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End loading assembly 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: End loading assemblies 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.795 INFO: Begin registering loaded plugins 0: STDOUT: - 17:54:43.982 INFO: End registering loaded plugins Connecting to slave log: VFXRENDER_030

Unfortunately still sitting there like a moron and I think it was either activated before and then cloned (so the max trial has run out) or it’s using a serial that’s been activated elsewhere so no chance of opening it and having a look interactively. I’ve done a quick test without the ozone plugin in the scene and it’s doing the same thing, I reckon we’ll just give that machine a bit of a kicking and wipe max and deadline and hopefully that’ll resolve it.

Cheers for having a look!

MikeOwen · June 23, 2014, 5:56pm

Hi John,
I gave your new posted log a review and I can’t see anything wrong with it, so yeah, in this case, as you can’t get an eyeball onto 3dsMax interactively on the slave, I think the best option is a format/rebuild of the system, especially if you have an automated imaging/deployment system in place.
Cheers,
Mike