Max2024 + Vray7 DBR not finding Vrayspawner2024.exe

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Hi everyone,

I’m creating a new concise thread for this issue as original thread/question got buried here:

Issue:
Max2024 + Vray7 DBR job on any render node returns this deadline log error:

Error: Error: V-Ray DBR: V-Ray Spawner executable does not exist: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2024\vrayspawner2024.exe
at Deadline.Plugins.PluginWrapper.RenderTasks(Task task, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)

  • Deadline version: 10.3.0.10
  • Max2021 Vray5 DBR works perfectly fine

I realise Chaos group changed the installed path from

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 20xx\vrayspawner20xx.exe
to:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\VRay3dsMax20xx\bin\vrayspawner20xx.exe

Adding firewall exclusions didn’t help:

…\bin\vrayspawner2024.exe
…\3ds Max 2024\3dmax.exe

Tried suggestion by Freiraum_FX_GmbH. In repository I went to:

DeadlineRepository10\plugins\VraySpawner\VraySpawner.param

Last entry for 3dsMax was Max2020 so I added:

[VRaySpawnerExecutable_Max2021]
Type=multilinemultifilename
Label=3ds Max 2021 Spawner Executable
Category=V-Ray Spawner Executables for 3ds Max
CategoryOrder=0
CategoryIndex=8
Default=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2021\vrayspawner2021.exe
Description=The path to the V-Ray Spawner executable file for 3ds Max 2021. Enter alternative paths on separate lines.

[VRaySpawnerExecutable_Max2024]
Type=multilinemultifilename
Label=3ds Max 2024 Spawner Executable
Category=V-Ray Spawner Executables for 3ds Max
CategoryOrder=0
CategoryIndex=9
Default=C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\VRay3dsMax2024\bin\vrayspawner2024.exe
Description=The path to the V-Ray Spawner executable file for 3ds Max 2024. Enter alternative paths on separate lines.

Problem persists even after restarting the repository PC.

I added the same entries to the VraySpawner.param from Justin_B from a 2023 thread. Path to file:

DeadlineRepository10\custom\plugins\VraySpawner\VraySpawner.param

Still nothing works.
Next, I tried clearing out the dir:

DeadlineRepository10\custom\plugins\VraySpawner

and I refreshed the same modification from Justin_B directly into:

DeadlineRepository10\plugins\VraySpawner

Still nothing! :frowning:

Now I’m looking at the error message more closely:
"...Deadline.Plugins.PluginWrapper..."

There’s no “Wrapper” in plugins but 3dsMax is a wrapper of vray (of sorts)
So I look at:
DeadlineRepository10\plugins\3dsmax\3dsmax.py

Within this python file I find one reference to the above Deadline log error:
"V-Ray Spawner executable does not exist: "

The code:

self.Plugin.LogInfo(self.Plugin.Prefix + "3ds Max executable: %s" % maxRenderExecutable)
            vraySpawnerExecutable = PathUtils.ChangeFilename(maxRenderExecutable, "vrayspawner" + str(version) + ".exe")
            if not os.path.isfile(vraySpawnerExecutable):
                self.Plugin.FailRender(
                    self.Plugin.Prefix + "V-Ray Spawner executable does not exist: " + vraySpawnerExecutable)

Looks like it’s hard coded to build the Vrayspawner path based on the maxRenderExecutable path.
Can anyone suggest if this is where the fix needs to be applied?
I’m not a python specialist, and not quite sure how to work with “PathUtils”!

Thanks!
Graham