Temp directory "is empty!"

Deadline
1

I’m having some trouble with a particular error in deadline using Maya.
It’s stemming from the fact that deadline is attempting to copy something from a temp directory that doesn’t exist, to the output path.
The output drive is mapped on every machine in question so it’s not the destination that’s the issue.

From what I can tell, these are the highlights of the errors the log produces;

Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in PostRenderTasks(): Verification failed because source directory C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum120\jobsData\mayaOutput_tempOKo7D0 is empty!
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

0: INFO: Moving output files and folders from C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum120\jobsData\mayaOutput_tempOKo7D0 to T:/output_path
0: An exception occurred: Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in PostRenderTasks(): Verification failed because source directory C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum120\jobsData\mayaOutput_tempOKo7D0 is empty!
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)

Error Stack Trace

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask(TaskLogWriter tlw)

This error is produced at the start of a job by several machines, and I’ve not been able to find a common trait between them that is causing the problem. But each time the error is generated; the next instance of the error has a different random set of characters at the end of the temp folder name.
I tried quickly creating a folder with the correct name at the location, but this didn’t help as deadline is still expecting some kind of files to be in there when it checked.
I’ve seen a few other posts on the forums with a similar problem, but all using different versions of deadline, and solved by options I’ve already had users try.

We’re using Deadline 5.1.0.47014 with Maya 2012 (latest hotfix) and Windows 7 x64 on all machines.
It doesn’t seem to matter whether we use MayaCMD or MayaBatch,
I’ve also had users experiment with not/using Enable Local Rendering.
I’ve attached the full error log in a txt file.
deadlineproblem.txt (1.41 MB)

2

Hello,

Could I have you try the job with local rendering and mayabatch both turned off, and then send us the report from the job? The error is definitely happening at the end of the render, and we need to find out why it seems nothing is being saved. Thanks.

Cheers,

3

Sorry for the long wait, I think this is the log with the right options selected;

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Error Message

Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in PostRenderTasks(): Verification failed because source directory C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum118\jobsData\mayaOutput_tempjR3qm0 is empty!
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

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Slave Log

0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: Brazil_sc128 (000_050_999_694d563c)
0: Successfully mapped T: to \turner\dfslon\london\osdgumball
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin MayaCmd
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “FLEXlm error: ." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "Usage: Render .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Finished Rendering..([0-9]+).[^.]+" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Finished Rendering.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Constructing shading groups|Rendering current frame” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Error: .|.Warning: .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +([0-9]+.[0-9]+)% +rendered” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +([0-9]+.[0-9]+)% +computing final gather points” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "progr: writing image file . (frame ([0-9]+))” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +rendering finished” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] Completed frame*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame 100.00.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Render complete.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] Percentage of rendering done: (.)" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression ".[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame ([0-9]+.[0-9]+)." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.RIMG : +([0-9]+)%" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "V-Ray: Building light cache” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "V-Ray: Prepass ([0-9]+) of ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Rendering image*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: +([0-9]+)%” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: +([0-9]+) %” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “([0-9]+) % completed” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Updating frame at time ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Render complete” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “rfm Notice: Rendering .* at ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] ([0-9]+) percent” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “([0-9]+)%” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.entry point.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Entry Point.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history settings.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history note.” will be ignored
0: INFO: About: Maya Cmd Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Enforcing 64 bit build of Maya
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin\Render.exe”
0: INFO: Rendering to local drive, will copy files and folders to final location after render is complete
0: INFO: Rendering with Maya version 2012.0
0: INFO: Rendering with Mental Ray
0: INFO: Render Argument: -r mr -v 5 -art -aml -s 1 -e 1 -b 1 -rd “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum118\jobsData\mayaOutput_tempjR3qm0” -proj “T:/Team/Season 3/GB313_Heart/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/Sc128/3D” “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum118\jobsData\Sc128_v016.ma”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: Starting “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin\mayabatch.exe”
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya 2012
0: STDOUT: mental ray: version 3.9.1.43, May 10 2011, revision 148537
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 145: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 145: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 187: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 187: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 383: The camera ‘GB313HEART_SC128_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 383: The camera ‘GB313HEART_SC128_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 383: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 383: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 146550: The camera ‘GB313HEART_SC129_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 146550: The camera ‘GB313HEART_SC129_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 146550: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum118/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 146550: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]
0: STDOUT: File read in 2 seconds.
0: STDOUT: File read in 0 seconds.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.attractorSets” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.attractorSets
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Warning: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Warning: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: Error reading file.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: Error reading file.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: Error reading file.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: Error reading file.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: Cannot load scene “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum118\jobsData\Sc128_v016.ma”. Please check the scene name.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: Cannot load scene “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum118\jobsData\Sc128_v016.ma”. Please check the scene name.
0: STDOUT: // Maya exited with status 209
0: INFO: Process exit code: 211
0: INFO: Renderer reported an error with error code 211. This will be ignored, since the option to ignore it is specified in the Job Properties.
0: INFO: Moving output files and folders from C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum118\jobsData\mayaOutput_tempjR3qm0 to T:/Team/Season 3/GB313_Heart/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/Sc128/3D/images

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Error Type

RenderPluginException

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Error Stack Trace

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask(TaskLogWriter tlw)

4

Hello,

So based on the end of that log, it appears that local rendering is still turned on for this job. Could I have you turn that off in submission, as well as turning off mayabatch for me, and that will hopefully get us more info.

Cheers,

5

Ahh sorry, I got the artist to submit the job again and I double checked the settings; here’s the error log now;

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Error Message

Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code 211. Check the renderer’s output.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

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Slave Log

0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: brazil_Sc128 (000_050_999_7a764fbe)
0: Successfully mapped T: to \turner\dfslon\london\osdgumball
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin MayaCmd
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “FLEXlm error: ." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "Usage: Render .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Finished Rendering..([0-9]+).[^.]+" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Finished Rendering.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Constructing shading groups|Rendering current frame” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Error: .|.Warning: .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +([0-9]+.[0-9]+)% +rendered” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +([0-9]+.[0-9]+)% +computing final gather points” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "progr: writing image file . (frame ([0-9]+))” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +rendering finished” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] Completed frame*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame 100.00.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Render complete.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] Percentage of rendering done: (.)" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression ".[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame ([0-9]+.[0-9]+)." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.RIMG : +([0-9]+)%" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "V-Ray: Building light cache” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "V-Ray: Prepass ([0-9]+) of ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Rendering image*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: +([0-9]+)%” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: +([0-9]+) %” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “([0-9]+) % completed” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Updating frame at time ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Render complete” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “rfm Notice: Rendering .* at ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] ([0-9]+) percent” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “([0-9]+)%” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.entry point.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Entry Point.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history settings.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history note.” will be ignored
0: INFO: About: Maya Cmd Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Enforcing 64 bit build of Maya
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin\Render.exe”
0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
0: INFO: Rendering with Maya version 2012.0
0: INFO: Rendering with Mental Ray
0: INFO: Render Argument: -r mr -v 5 -art -aml -s 1 -e 1 -b 1 -rd “T:/Team/Season 3/GB313_Heart/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/Sc128/3D/images” -proj “T:/Team/Season 3/GB313_Heart/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/Sc128/3D” “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum117\jobsData\Sc128_v016.ma”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: Starting “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin\mayabatch.exe”
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya 2012
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: setup
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: initialize
0: STDOUT: mental ray: version 3.9.1.43, May 10 2011, revision 148537
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: using 1 license
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: register extensions
0: STDOUT: // mental ray Node Factory: loaded
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: successfully registered
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/AdskShaderSDKWrappers.mi
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/architectural.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/architectural.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/base.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/base.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/contour.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/contour.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/paint.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/paint.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/physics.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/physics.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/production.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/production.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/shaders_p.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/shaders_p.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/subsurface.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/subsurface.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/surfaceSampler.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/surfaceSampler.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/userdata.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/userdata.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 145: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 145: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 187: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 187: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 383: The camera ‘GB313HEART_SC128_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 383: The camera ‘GB313HEART_SC128_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 383: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 383: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 146550: The camera ‘GB313HEART_SC129_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 146550: The camera ‘GB313HEART_SC129_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 146550: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum117/jobsData/Sc128_v016.ma line 146550: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]
0: STDOUT: File read in 3 seconds.
0: STDOUT: File read in 0 seconds.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.attractorSets” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.attractorSets
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/scripts/fur/FurPluginCreateUI.mel line 1294: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Warning: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Warning: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: Error reading file.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: Error reading file.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: No object matches name: ROCRN.hairDescriptions
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: Error reading file.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: Error reading file.
0: WARNING: Deadline is ignoring error “Error: Cannot load scene “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum117\jobsData\Sc128_v016.ma”. Please check the scene name.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is disabled.
0: STDOUT: Error: Cannot load scene “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum117\jobsData\Sc128_v016.ma”. Please check the scene name.
0: STDOUT: // Maya exited with status 209
0: INFO: Process exit code: 211

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Error Type

RenderPluginException

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Error Stack Trace

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask(TaskLogWriter tlw)

6

Hello,

Ok, so it looks like the issue now is actually relatively easy to fix. In the submission window, I believe, there is an option to ignore 211 errors. I don’t have Maya installed on my machine here, but if you have that option enabled, it should let the render go through just fine. Hope that helps.

Cheers,

7

Disabling Error 211 ignoring didn’t solve the issue for us, it gave out the error messages below as a result.
However, on a whim, I asked the user to put the scene into a new project and resubmit it, just to see what would happen, and it worked, rendered fine, and produced readable files upon completion.
I’m including the error messages from before just in case they’re of any use to you.

Thanks!

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Error Message

Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Deadline caught error “Error: Cannot load scene “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum98\jobsData\GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma”. Please check the scene name.”. If this error message is unavoidable but not fatal to your render, please email support@thinkboxsoftware.com with the error message, and disable the Maya job setting Strict Error Checking.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

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Slave Log

0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: Kids_Sc001_v002 (000_050_999_654b15e9)
0: Successfully mapped T: to \turner\dfslon\london\osdgumball
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin MayaCmd
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “FLEXlm error: ." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "Usage: Render .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Finished Rendering..([0-9]+).[^.]+" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Finished Rendering.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Constructing shading groups|Rendering current frame” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Error: .|.Warning: .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +([0-9]+.[0-9]+)% +rendered” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +([0-9]+.[0-9]+)% +computing final gather points” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "progr: writing image file . (frame ([0-9]+))” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +rendering finished” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] Completed frame*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame 100.00.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Render complete.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] Percentage of rendering done: (.)" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression ".[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame ([0-9]+.[0-9]+)." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.RIMG : +([0-9]+)%" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "V-Ray: Building light cache” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "V-Ray: Prepass ([0-9]+) of ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Rendering image*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: +([0-9]+)%” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: +([0-9]+) %” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “([0-9]+) % completed” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Updating frame at time ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Render complete” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “rfm Notice: Rendering .* at ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] ([0-9]+) percent” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “([0-9]+)%” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.entry point.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Entry Point.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history settings.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history note.” will be ignored
0: INFO: About: Maya Cmd Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 29-35
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Enforcing 64 bit build of Maya
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin\Render.exe”
0: INFO: CheckPathMapping: Swapped “T:/Team/Season 3/GB301_TheKids/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/SC001/SC001_MAYA/images/” with “\turner\dfslon\london\osdgumball\Team/Season 3/GB301_TheKids/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/SC001/SC001_MAYA/images/”
0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
0: INFO: Rendering with Maya version 2012.0
0: INFO: Rendering with Mental Ray
0: INFO: CheckPathMapping: Swapped “T:/Team/Season 3/GB301_TheKids/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/SC001/SC001_MAYA/” with “\turner\dfslon\london\osdgumball\Team/Season 3/GB301_TheKids/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/SC001/SC001_MAYA/”
0: INFO: Render Argument: -r mr -v 5 -rt 1 -aml -s 29 -e 35 -b 1 -rd “//turner/dfslon/london/osdgumball/Team/Season 3/GB301_TheKids/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/SC001/SC001_MAYA/images” -proj “//turner/dfslon/london/osdgumball/Team/Season 3/GB301_TheKids/06_BACKGROUND/01_WIP/01_SCENES/SC001/SC001_MAYA” “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum98\jobsData\GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: Starting “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin\mayabatch.exe”
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 6: RuntimeError: file line 1: Plug-in, “KoshigayaGhostLine_2012.mll”, was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 6: RuntimeError: file line 1: Plug-in, “KoshigayaGhostLine_2012.mll”, was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH.
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya 2012
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: setup
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: initialize
0: STDOUT: mental ray: version 3.9.1.43, May 10 2011, revision 148537
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: using 1 license
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: register extensions
0: STDOUT: // mental ray Node Factory: loaded
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: successfully registered
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/AdskShaderSDKWrappers.mi
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/architectural.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/architectural.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/base.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/base.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/contour.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/contour.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/paint.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/paint.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/physics.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/physics.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/production.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/production.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/shaders_p.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/shaders_p.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/subsurface.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/subsurface.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/surfaceSampler.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/surfaceSampler.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/include/userdata.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2012/mentalray/lib/userdata.dll
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 14581: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 14581: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 14629: The camera ‘GB300EPISODE_SC001_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 14629: The camera ‘GB300EPISODE_SC001_RENDERCAMShape’ has no ‘.isc[5]’ attribute.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 14629: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 14629: setAttr: No object matches name: .isc[5]
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 17440: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 17440: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 17464: Unrecognized node type ‘KoshigayaGhostline’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum98/jobsData/GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma line 17464: Unrecognized node type ‘KoshigayaGhostline’; preserving node information during this session.
0: STDOUT: File read in 1 seconds.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Warning: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Warning: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: Error reading file.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: Error reading file.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: Error reading file.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: Error reading file.
0: STDOUT: Error: Cannot load scene “C:\Users\deadline\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline\slave\Lon-tbs-gum98\jobsData\GB301KIDS_SC001_v021.ma”. Please check the scene name.
0: STDOUT: // Maya exited with status 209

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Error Type

RenderPluginException

=======================================================
Error Stack Trace

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask(TaskLogWriter tlw)

8

Hello,

In looking at this, I am seeing at least a few mentions of plugins not being in the MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH but those don’t seem critical. I am wondering why the slave is reporting it cannot load the scene. Can you maybe try to turn off local rendering and see how or if that helps? Thanks.

Cheers,

9

Took me a while to get around to this!
The error didn’t pop up again for over a month, but it struck again today so I got the artist to run the job with MayaCMD and local rendering turned off,

I’m not much of a Maya user, but the top half of errors just looks like Maya complaining about scene details and objects which shouldn’t be important? I copied it anyway though just in case.
We tried the same job a second time originally and it produced the same;

…error messages for each task on each machine.
So I had the artist try again just with enable local rendering turned on, the job completed within seconds and produced zero files.

Next I tried with MayaCMD, local rendering on, 211 checking OFF;

And then finally MayaCMD, local rendering OFF, 211 checking OFF,

And finally I submitted with the previous settings, but with strict error checking ON, just in case the error messages are any better

Sorry it’s a bit long, figured it’s better to give too much than too little again!

Thanks,
Paul.

10

i am having this same issue, i wonder why they “the developers” couldn’t help

11

Hey guys,

Maya 211 errors are a bit annoying. It’s Maya’s way of saying “I couldn’t find a file”. That can be a Mel script file, some scene asset, or the scene itself.

Best way to troubleshoot these are to take the scene over to the render node and try them out there.

The tricky part with cgkomodo’s scene is that’s there’s path mapping going on, so you have to try and go harvest the scene from one of the nodes to test this.

In that example, you could have found the ma file here on the ‘Lon-tbs-gum121’ machine:
C:/Users/deadline/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline/slave/Lon-tbs-gum121/jobsData/Sc140_v007.ma

That gets deleted after the job ends though, so you have to be quick or diligent (or both :slight_smile:)

Kikoman, feel free to shoot us your log too. I’m expecting to see a ‘file not found’ somewhere. Maya’s UI would give you a lot more info on that then MayaBatch. Sad state of affairs.