Max 2008 Support

Deadline
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Hi there - just a quick question.

Is Max 2008 supported with the latest version of Deadline (2.7)? I’ve managed to update the plugins for Maya 2008 and that works, does that mean that an update for Max 2008 is on the books or is there a trick to getting working?



Thanks!



Regards



Chris

2

Hi Chris,



You can download Max 2008 support for Deadline 2.7 from this forum thread:

http://support.franticfilms.com/wb/Default.asp?action=9&read=965&fid=7&BoardID=2#4185



Cheers,

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Now that’s service! Thanks for the quick reply.



One machine however is not working properly, Tt gives me the following error messages:



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Error Message

3dsmax startup: Error getting connection from 3dsmax: Dialog popup detected: Title “Maxwell Translation Window”, Message “Verbose Translation”





Slave Log

tching “.Warning - the software has encountered a problem.” by hitting the “Don’t show me this error again;Continue” button

0: INFO: 3ds max plugin for Deadline 2.7.29981, built Oct 29 2007 07:44:07 R

0: INFO: Using “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008\3dsmax.exe” to render.

0: INFO: LoadMaxTimeout is 4000 seconds

0: INFO: StartJobTimeout is 7200 seconds

0: INFO: ProgressUpdateTimeout is 32000 seconds

0: INFO: FailOnExistingMaxProcess is 1

0: INFO: AlternatePluginIni is “”

0: INFO: Copying over 64 bit lightning file: c:\deadline\slave\plugins\lightning80Max2008.dlx

0: INFO: Checking for existing processes named 3dsmax.exe

0: INFO: Starting 3ds max in slave mode

0: INFO: Silent mode is disabled

0: INFO: Strict 3ds max installation check is enabled

0: INFO: Rendering using default plugin.ini: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008\plugin.ini

0: INFO: Also using user profile plugin.ini C:\Documents and Settings\visual\Local Settings\Application Data\Autodesk/3dsmax/2008 - 64bit/enu\plugin.ini

0: INFO: 3dsmax command line parameters: " -deadlineSlave -p “C:\DOCUME~1\visual\LOCALS~1\Temp\deadlineplugin_104790171.ini” -q -s “c:\deadline\slave\plugins\deadlineStartupMax2008.max”"

0: WARNING: Detected popup dialog “Maxwell Translation Window”.

0: WARNING: ---- dump of dialog ----

0: WARNING: Button: Close

0: WARNING: Static: Verbose Translation

0: WARNING: Edit:

0: WARNING: ---- end dump of dialog ----



Exception Details

RenderPluginException – simple_socket: send called while not connected.

RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)

Exception.TargetSite: Void EndJob()

Exception.Source: DeadlinePluginLoader

Exception.StackTrace:

at Deadline.Plugins.PluginLoader.EndJob()

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.Dispose()



Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:

Scheduler Thread - 3dsmax startup: Error getting connection from 3dsmax: Dialog popup detected: Title “Maxwell Translation Window”, Message “Verbose Translation”





Error Type

RenderPluginException





Error Stack Trace

at Deadline.Plugins.PluginLoader.StartJob(String[] auxiliaryFilenames)

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.StartJob(String jobUniqueName, String[] auxiliaryFileNames)

at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()



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Any Ideas?

Thanks!


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By default, if Deadline detects a pop up dialog, it fails the render.

This is because usually if a dialog pops up during the render, it means

that something has gone wrong. However, based on the type of dialog, it

is possible to have Deadline ignore it, or handle it by pressing the

appropriate button.



In this case, my guess is that this pop up doesn’t affect the actual

rendering, so we can configure the 3dsmax2008 plugin to have Deadline

ignore it. To do so, open up

\your\repository\plugins\3dsmax2008\3dsmax2008.dlinit, and you should

see these settings:



; For Brazil

IgnorePopup0=.Brazil Console.

; For Finalrender

IgnorePopup1=.MSP Acceleration.

; For Fume FX

IgnorePopup2=.FumeFX:.

IgnorePopup3=.FumeFX Dynamics:.





After this, add the following lines:



; For Maxwell

IgnorePopup4=.Maxwell Translation Window.





Now whenever Deadline detects this dialog, it will simply ignore it.

Assuming that this dialog doesn’t actually halt the render, this should

be fine. However, if it turns out that a user needs to press the Close

button before the render can continue, we’ll have to add a pop up

handler. If this is the case, remove the IgnorePopup4 setting you just

added, then find these settings:



; Handle Crash dialog

HandlePopup5=.Warning - the software has encountered a problem.

HandlePopupResponse5=Don’t show me this error again;Continue





After this, add the following lines:



; Handle Maxwell dialog

HandlePopup6=.Maxwell Translation Window.

HandlePopupResponse6=Close





Now whenever Deadline detects this dialog, it will handle it by pressing

the Close button.



Let us know if one of these possible solutions works, and we’ll update

our internal 3dsmax plugin so that the fix is included in the next release.



Thanks!

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Thanks again Russell,

I tried your first suggestion and it worked just fine. I didn't test the other solutions but I can if you would like?

I might add that of the 2 machines, the one that had Maxwell Studio installed on it was not working.
The other machine (that was working, and that the file was created on) does not have Maxwell installs at all.

Thanks again!

Kind Regards

Chris
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Cool, glad to hear it’s working. Don’t worry about testing the second

solution, as it looks like the first one will work just fine.



Cheers,

  • Ryan