Trying to dig down an issue here and wondered if anyone had this or had any ideas. We have many many render tasks running per day. Deadline loads 3dsmax using a custom INI file that is bespoke to the job. And we probably have about 1-5 tasks per job which fail with “Invalid Max File” error. The file is valid, it gets picked up by another machine and renders just fine.
Error
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Error: 3dsmax: Invalid max file: “//ourserver/tk1__r964.max”
2020/03/05 18:13:11 DBG: [03804] [03972] Starting network
2020/03/05 18:13:11 INF: [03804] [03972] Application started with secure mode state ‘OFF’
2020/03/05 18:13:11 INF: [03804] [03972] Product version: 3ds Max 2018.4 Update (20.4.0.4254)
2020/03/05 18:13:11 INF: [03804] [03972] Data collection and use is ‘ON’. Change your participation anytime in the Help menu of 3ds Max.
2020/03/05 18:13:21 DBG: [03804] [03972] Could not find the specified file in DefaultSettingsParser::parse()
2020/03/05 18:13:44 DBG: [03804] [03972] Graphics driver requested by the user : Nitrous
2020/03/05 18:13:44 DBG: [03804] [03972] Graphics driver actually created in the viewports : null driver
2020/03/05 18:13:57 DBG: [03804] [03972] Starting network
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] Calling NetRenderPreLoad
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] in NetWorkerPreLoad. jobFile: ; jobname: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\renderservername\jobsData\5e618c0fdb0285f0e0e3d308\maxStartup\0\deadlineStartupMax2018.max
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] in Init. jobFile: ; jobname: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\renderservername\jobsData\5e618c0fdb0285f0e0e3d308\maxStartup\0\deadlineStartupMax2018.max
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] in Init. calling nrGetIface. jobToSend: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\renderservername\jobsData\5e618c0fdb0285f0e0e3d308\maxStartup\0\deadlineStartupMax2018.max
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] in NetWorkerPreLoad. curJobname: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\renderservername\jobsData\5e618c0fdb0285f0e0e3d308\maxStartup\0\deadlineStartupMax2018.max; init: 0
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] in NetWorkerPreLoad. calling PostInitMessageSystem()
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] in NetWorkerPreLoad. srv_pid: 0
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] leaving NetWorkerPreLoad. LoadLib()
2020/03/05 18:13:59 DBG: [03804] [03972] NetRenderPreLoad passed
2020/03/05 18:14:07 DBG: [03804] [03972] Interface8::LoadFromFile(C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\renderservername\jobsData\5e618c0fdb0285f0e0e3d308\maxStartup\0\deadlineStartupMax2018.max)
2020/03/05 18:14:07 INF: [03804] [03972] Starting to load file: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\renderservername\jobsData\5e618c0fdb0285f0e0e3d308\maxStartup\0\deadlineStartupMax2018.max
2020/03/05 18:14:08 INF: [03804] [03972] SYSTEM: Production renderer is changed to Scanline Renderer. Previous messages are cleared.
2020/03/05 18:14:08 DBG: [03804] [03972] WARNING: The Populate data is missing on your system.
2020/03/05 18:14:08 INF: [03804] [03972] Done loading file: C:\Users\render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\renderservername\jobsData\5e618c0fdb0285f0e0e3d308\maxStartup\0\deadlineStartupMax2018.max
2020/03/05 18:14:08 INF: [03804] [03972] SYSTEM: Production renderer is changed to NA. Previous messages are cleared.
at Deadline.Plugins.PluginWrapper.StartJob(String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)
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Type
RenderPluginException
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Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.SandboxedPlugin.d(DeadlineMessage aqi)
at Deadline.Plugins.SandboxedPlugin.StartJob(Job job)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.c(TaskLogWriter agz)