memory issue

Deadline
1

Hi!



I’m working on some big scene in 3dsmax8 + vray1.5 rc4 + Deadline 2.7.



It throws error #1006 when I’m trying to submit a job to deadline. I’ve searched the forum and found this thread - http://support.franticfilms.com/wb/default.asp?action=9&fid=7&read=417

Borislav suggests to edit submit maxscript file to outline the exact problem.

So I’ve edited maxscript and got this -

MAXScript MacroScript Error Exception: – Runtime error: Unable to increase heap size to: 67108864



full error message -

– Error occurred in anonymous codeblock

– Frame:

– SMTDPathsStruct: StructDef:SMTDPathsStruct

– SMTDSettingsStructure: StructDef:SMTDSettingsStructure

– Error occurred during fileIn in <File:\efes\DeadlineRepository\submission\3dsmax\SubmitMaxToDeadline_Functions.ms>

– called in anonymous codeblock

– Frame:

– theNetworkRoot: “\efes\DeadlineRepository”

– sanityCheckGeneralFunctions: undefined

– scriptPart4: undefined

– fullSuccess: false

– goOn: true

– fileHandle: <File:c:\deadline\deadline.ini>

– mainScript: undefined

– sanityCheckPrivateFunctions: undefined

– scriptPart2: undefined

– scriptPart5: undefined

– fnScript: “\efes\DeadlineRepository\submission\3dsmax\SubmitMaxToDeadline_Functions.ms”

– index: undefined

– fileLine: “User=atrium”

– scriptPart1: undefined

– scriptPart3: undefined

– sanityCheckScript: undefined

MAXScript MacroScript Error Exception: – Runtime error: Unable to increase heap size to: 67108864 <<



‘heapfree’ command shows 4482524 bytes free.



The scene is big, but after restarting windows submitting works well, but several times. Then it begins to throw 1006 error.



Sergo.

2

Hi!



Good job catching the error! How much memory do you have? Looks like I assumed incorrectly that increasing the Heap to 64MB wouldn’t hurt anyone, but on a 32 bit Max with lots of memory usage it appears to be a problem.



Some suggestions:

  1. Try setting the Heap to 64MB in the Customize>Preferences>MAXScript tab - this will force Max to start with a large heap already and SMTD would probably not even attempt to touch it. Of course, your scene might have troubles loading, so…


  2. Open the file SubmitMaxToDeadline_Functions.ms in your Repository\Submission\3dsmax folder and search for “HeapSize”. There must be a line which tells MAXScript to increase the Heap to 64MB if it is less. Either remark that line or change the number to a lower value (16MB, 32MB or so), save the file and restart the submitter - this should pull the edited version from the repository.


  3. Try to start Max, open the Submitter, THEN load the scene for submission - this will give MAXScript enough memory for large scripts, then the scene will take the rest.



    The real solution nowadays is switching to Max 9/2008 in 64bit where memory is not an issue anymore. But I know there are reasons for people to stick to Max 8 and we have to get Deadline Submission with all these versions, so please let us know which method worked (or not).



    Happy Holidays from Bulgaria!



    Bobo
3

Thank you Bobo!



I didn’t tried first method but other 2 work well. I’ve chosen 2-nd method. I think it’s most clean and logic.

Yes, max9 is great but we really sticked to the max8 due to some plugins and some bugs in max9.



Happy Holidays from Russia! :slight_smile: