Hello,
Unfortunately I’m seeing a number of errors with rendering a simple Maya 2025 scene (using Arnold) from Deadline.
First, when I submit the scene from within Maya 2025, the submitter opens up fine but then once it’s time for the Confirmation Window to pop up I get this error instead:
// Error: file: //xxxx/DeadlineRepository10/submission/Maya/Main/SubmitMayaToDeadline.mel line 2768: Could not find deadline_submission module
FWIW I get this error when I submit from Maya 2025 on the two PCs I’m testing.
The job still starts in Deadline and the workers appear to be rendering. However, even tho the job gets submitted, the workers fail to write out images. Here’s the log:
2024-08-20 10:38:20: 0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2024-08-20 10:38:20: 0: Task timeout is disabled.
2024-08-20 10:38:20: 0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 15
2024-08-20 10:38:20: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Render Task’
2024-08-20 10:38:20: 0: INFO: Waiting until maya is ready to go
2024-08-20 10:38:21: 0: STDOUT: mel: READY FOR INPUT
2024-08-20 10:38:21: 0: INFO: >This is a Render Job
2024-08-20 10:38:21: 0: INFO: Rendering with arnold
2024-08-20 10:38:21: 0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
2024-08-20 10:38:21: 0: INFO: Creating melscript to execute render
2024-08-20 10:38:21: 0: INFO: Executing script: C:\Users\Animation\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBE6B.tmp
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: INFO: Waiting for script to finish
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: mel: Loading scene: //truenas/FileServer/Students/RENDER_TESTS/MAYA_TEST/SimpleSphere/scenes/ArnoldSphere25.ma
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: WARNING: Strict error checking off, ignoring the following error or warning.
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2025/scripts/others/makeCameraRenderable.mel line 45: Found camera cameraShape1.
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: Exporting Arnold Scene…
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: Updating Arnold Scene…
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | log started Tue Aug 20 10:38:22 2024
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | Arnold 7.3.3.0 [087035cc] windows x86_64 clang-15.0.7 oiio-2.4.1 osl-1.13.0 vdb-11.0.0 adlsdk-8.0.7.50 clmhub-3.1.1.43 rlm-14.2.5 optix-8.0.0 2024/07/24 16:03:02
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | host application: MtoA 5.4.3 32e0abe4 (fix-5.4.3) Maya 2025
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | running on ANIM-854-TEACHER, pid=17200
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | 1 x 13th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i9-13900K (32 cores, 32 logical) with 65289MB
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | NVIDIA driver version 560.81
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 @ 2520MHz (compute 8.9) with 24563MB (22172MB available) (NVLink:0)
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | Windows 10 (version 10.0, build 22631)
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | soft limit for open files is set at 2048
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB |
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB |
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | authorizing with default license managers: rlm, network, user …
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | [network] authorized for “87987ARNOL_2025_0F” in 0:00.01
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | [network] expiration date: 2025/09/05, in use: 1/3000
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB |
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2516MB | [color_manager] using color manager defaultColorMgtGlobals of type “color_manager_ocio”
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB |
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | rendering image at 1920 x 1080, 3 AA samples
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | AA samples max
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | AA sample clamp
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | diffuse samples 2 / depth 1
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | specular samples 2 / depth 1
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | transmission samples 2 / depth 8
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | volume indirect
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | total depth 10
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | bssrdf samples 2
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | light
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | transparency depth 10
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:54 2569MB | Full scene init/update requested for final render pass
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: WARNING: Strict error checking off, ignoring the following error or warning.
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: Error: RuntimeError: [mtoa] Failed batch render
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: WARNING: Strict error checking off, ignoring the following error or warning.
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2025/scripts/others/mayaBatchRenderProcedure.mel line 654: Renderer returned an error while rendering ‘defaultRenderLayer’, please verify the output image.
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: Render completed.
2024-08-20 10:38:22: 0: STDOUT: mel: READY FOR INPUT
Importantly, if I submit the file directly from the Deadline submitter, there are no errors AND the frames are rendered and written to disk.
If I submit the same scene from Maya 2024, the submitter works fine and one of the machines renders fine. The other fails - I think the pertinent line is:
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1836MB ERROR | [color_manager_ocio] could not read ‘<MAYA_RESOURCES>/OCIO-configs/Maya2022-default/config.ocio’ OCIO profile.
I checked this file - it’s the same as on the working machine, so I don’t know what’s different.
From there the failed machine skips loading the color space, lights and objects. Here’s the rest of the log:
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1836MB ERROR | [color_manager_ocio] could not read ‘<MAYA_RESOURCES>/OCIO-configs/Maya2022-default/config.ocio’ OCIO profile.
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB |
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | rendering image at 1920 x 1080, 3 AA samples
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | AA samples max
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | AA sample clamp
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | diffuse samples 2 / depth 1
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | specular samples 2 / depth 1
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | transmission samples 2 / depth 8
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | volume indirect
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | total depth 10
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | bssrdf samples 2
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | light
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | transparency depth 10
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: 00:00:39 1891MB | Full scene init/update requested for final render pass
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: WARNING: Strict error checking off, ignoring the following error or warning.
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: Error: line 1: RuntimeError: [mtoa] Failed batch render
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: WARNING: Strict error checking off, ignoring the following error or warning.
2024-08-20 10:49:36: 0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2024/scripts/others/mayaBatchRenderProcedure.mel line 654: Renderer returned an error while rendering ‘defaultRenderLayer’, please verify the output image.
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated! In the meantime I’ll reinstall Maya 2024.
