Nuke Submission Tool - can't find Write

Deadline
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Hey Y’all

I just installed the Deadline Submission Tool in Nuke and all is well except that my Write nodes (one DPX, one .mov) live inside a group/gizmo. The submission tool can’t seem to see them and gives me this error:

THERE ARE NO ENABLED WRITE NODES !!
Do you still wish to submit this job to Deadline?

I say yes and then it gives me a little dialogue window that only has an “OK” button in it. Then the job doesn’t seem to run. Anyone had this experience? Any quick fixes to the tool’s Python code to make this work?

Please advise, as doing a workaround for every shot isn’t feasable, nor is changing the group/gizmo to be on the highest DAG level. Thanks!

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Do you have a sample Nuke file you could post that we could use to reproduce the problem? I think this is a situation we can definitely workaround, but it’s probably not a one or two line change to the script. A sample script will allow us to properly test our changes without worrying about breaking other aspects of the script.

Thanks!

  • Ryan
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I tried attaching the file here but got this message:

The extension nk is not allowed.

Please advise, thanks.

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If you zip it up first, that should work.

Thanks!

  • Ryan
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Take 2:
test_001_v01.nk.zip (3.88 KB)

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Thanks! Attached is an updated Nuke submitter that seems to workaround this problem. It will still warn you that no enabled write nodes could be detected, but it won’t “yell” at you (the warning isn’t in all CAPS). Also, the job should now submit just fine.

To install the new script, go to \your\repository\submission\Nuke, and make a backup of SubmitNukeToDeadline.py so that you have a rollback option. Then unzip the attached file to the same folder. Restart Nuke and try submitting again. NOTE that I’m assuming you’re using Deadline 4.1 SP1.

Let us know if the script works, or if you have additional problems.

Thanks!