Hi All,
Has anyone else experienced problems when rendering a region using vray on deadline. The region crop works with MR over deadline and it works with VR when rendering on a local pc. However when you select to render over Deadline with Vray it always ignores the region/crop and renders the full frame. I am selecting the crop from the deadline menu too.
Deadline 7.1
3ds max 2014
Cheers
Did you have VRay’s VFB enabled with raw/split RE output? Does crop/region work ok when VFB is disabled? If so, this is fixed in a newer version of Deadline. Can you upgrade to 7.2.1.10?
I can upgrade probably, but I need to render the crop for a fairly quick job. Is there a temporary way around this? Can I disable the VFB?
Is disabling the VRay VFB a workable short term solution for you? Please give it a test and let us know how you get on.
Hmm, nope, disabling the VFB didn’t work. nether did updating to 7.2. How frustrating. Any other suggestions? I can try updating to vray 3.3 tomorrow, but that will be too late.
This is very strange. Can you post a full job report of it failing to work correctly in VRay and another one where it works fine in Scanline or Mental Ray. We can then compare the differences and see if anything stands out.
That is odd, now it looks like it’s not working in MR either. I am selecting the correct settings aren’t I?
If I just do a quick render on my local PC, it renders the crop just fine.
Any ideas or things to try?
Here is the report from it not working in MR, with those settings:
2016-01-14 20:50:22: BEGIN - RENDER6\deadlinedomain
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: Task timeout is disabled.
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: Loaded job: Untitled 3ds Max Job (56980917133da22164e97256)
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: Successfully mapped V: to \bigmomma1\Videostore
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\slave\Render6\plugins\56980917133da22164e97256\3dsmax.py
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Slave Running as Service: True
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: About: 3dsmax Plugin for Deadline
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: The job’s environment will be merged with the current environment before rendering
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Start Job called - starting up 3dsmax plugin
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Sys Env Var PATH: C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Sys Env Var PATH length: 233
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Backburner Path(s) Found in PATH: ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner’
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Backburner server.exe version: 2014.0.0.1635
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Rendering with 3dsmax version: 2014
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Not forcing a build of 3dsmax because version 2014 and later is 64 bit only
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Rendering with executable: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmax.exe
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Slave 3dsmax.exe version: 16.5.277.0
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Slave 3dsmax.exe description: 3ds Max 2014 + servicepack_sp5
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Submitted from 3dsmax.exe version: 16.5.277.0
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Submitted from 3dsmax.exe description: 3ds Max 2014 + servicepack_sp5
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Checking registry for 3dsmax language code
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Language code string: ENU
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Language sub directory: en-US
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Fail on existing 3dsmax process: 0
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Load 3dsmax timeout: 1000 seconds
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Start job timeout: 1000 seconds
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Progress update timeout: 8000 seconds
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Progress update timeout disabled: 0
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Slave mode enabled: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Silent mode enabled: 0
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Local rendering enabled: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Running render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmaxcmd.exe exit code: 3
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmaxcmd.exe returned: 14/01/2016 20:50:22; Error opening scene file: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014”
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe completed successfully. Please ignore the ‘Error opening…’ message thrown by 3dsmaxcmd.exe above.
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmax start up file: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\slave\Render6\plugins\56980917133da22164e97256\deadlineStartupMax2014.max
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Using user profiles: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmax user profile path: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmax plugcfg directory: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\en-US\plugcfg
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmax network directory: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\Network
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmax usermacros directory: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\usermacros
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Scripts Startup Directory: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\scripts\startup
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Kill ADSK WSCommCntr*.exe process: False
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmax data path: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmax ini file: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\3dsmax.ini
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Network log file: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\Network\Max.log
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Plugin ini file: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\en-US\plugin.ini
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Not including user profile plugin ini because it does not exist: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\Plugin.UserSettings.ini
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Lightning connection plugin: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\slave\Render6\plugins\56980917133da22164e97256\lightning64Max2014.dlx
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: 3dsmax socket connection port: 51088
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Setting up startup environment
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Copying C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\slave\Render6\plugins\56980917133da22164e97256\lightning64Max2014.dlx to C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\temp\lightning\lightning.dlx
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Created temporary plugin ini file: C:\Users\DEADLI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\dl.ini
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Temporary plugin ini contains:
2016-01-14 20:50:22: [Include]
2016-01-14 20:50:22: Original=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\en-US\plugin.ini
2016-01-14 20:50:22: Deadline Lightning=C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Temp\lightningplugin_750226609783.ini
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Starting monitored managed process 3dsmaxProcess
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Stdout Redirection Enabled: True
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: QT Popup Handling Enabled: True
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.* Popup Handling Enabled: False
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Running as user: deadlinedomain
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Executable: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmax.exe”
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Argument: -p “C:\Users\DEADLI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\dl.ini” -q -s “C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\slave\Render6\plugins\56980917133da22164e97256\deadlineStartupMax2014.max”
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014”
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Process is now running
2016-01-14 20:50:22: 0: INFO: Waiting for connection from 3dsmax
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.000 INFO: Begin setting up global configuration
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.046 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.XmlSerializers, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 20:50:25.046 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.046 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.XmlSerializers- 20:50:25.046 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.062 INFO: End setting up global configuration
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.062 INFO: Begin initialize system watcher to detect file changes
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.062 INFO: End initialize system watcher to detect file changes
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.062 INFO: Begin loading assemblies
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.078 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.StateSets.dll- 20:50:25.078 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.078 INFO: End loading assembly file
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.078 INFO: Begin discovering pluggable types in assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.140 INFO: Retrieved a list of types, processing
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.140 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 20:50:25.140 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers, Version=16.5.277.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null- 20:50:25.140 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:26: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:25.140 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'Autodesk.Max.StateSets.XmlSerializers- 20:50:25.140 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.060 INFO: Created instance of type
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.060 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.060 INFO: Discovered IPlugin-derived type 'Plugin- 20:50:26.060 INFO: Created instance of type
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.060 INFO: Adding as startup/static plugin
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.076 INFO: End discovering pluggable types in assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.076 INFO: End loading assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.076 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\Autodesk.Max.Wrappers.dll- 20:50:26.076 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.076 INFO: End loading assembly file
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2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.123 INFO: End loading assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.123 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\DaylightSimulation.dll- 20:50:26.123 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.123 INFO: End loading assembly file
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2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.123 INFO: Begin loading assembly 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\bin\assemblies\FPMaxWpfContent.dll- 20:50:26.123 INFO: Begin loading assembly file
2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.123 INFO: End loading assembly file
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2016-01-14 20:50:27: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:26.154 INFO: Begin registering loaded plugins
2016-01-14 20:50:29: 0: INFO: Ignoring popup “MAXScript Debugger”
2016-01-14 20:50:38: 0: STDOUT: - 20:50:37.996 INFO: Begin resolve assembly 'ManagedMC3, Version=7.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=99052d24520ebbb3- 20:50:37.996 INFO: Cannot resolve assembly
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Connected to 3dsmax plugin: Lightning Jan 5 2015 12:21:07 R
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Scene file to render: “C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\slave\Render6\jobsData\56980917133da22164e97256\untitled.max”
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Camera: no camera specified, rendering active viewport
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Restarting renderer after each frame: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Showing frame buffer: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Overriding render output: “\bigmomma1\Videostore\AMP\delete\aaaa delete…jpg”
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Overriding save file option: True
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Frame number base: 0
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Remove padding from output filename: 0
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Enable gamma correction: 0
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Ignore missing external file errors: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Ignore missing UVW errors: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Ignore missing XREF errors: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Ignore missing DLL errors: 1
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Disabling Multipass: 0
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Loading 3dsmax scene file
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Scene loaded successfully
2016-01-14 20:50:42: 0: INFO: Executing script: C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\slave\Render6\plugins\56980917133da22164e97256\customize.ms
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >Version Information:
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >OS version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >3dsMAX, API, SDK version: #(16000, 42, 0)
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >3dsmax.exe version: 16.5.277.0
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >Assigned renderer: mental_ray_renderer:mental_ray_renderer
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >Applying customizations to max file…
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >Adding scene path ‘C:\Users\deadlinedomain\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline7\slave\Render6\jobsData\56980917133da22164e97256’ to session paths
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Restored Scene Selection: #()
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >General Renderer Settings:
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Render Width set to 640
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Render Height set to 480
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Pixel Aspect set to 1.0
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Atmospherics set to true
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Effects set to true
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Displacements set to true
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2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Force 2-Sided set to false
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Render Hidden Geometry set to false
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Video Color Check set to false
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Super Black set to false
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Render To Fields set to false
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Skip Existing Frames set to false
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2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Not overriding Bitmap Pager setting
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >Render Environment Settings:
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2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Use Environment Map set to false
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Ambient Color set to (color 0 0 0)
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Global Light Tint Color set to (color 255 255 255)
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Global Light Level set to 1.0
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: >mental ray detected as current renderer.
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Displacement: View set to true
2016-01-14 20:50:43: 0: INFO: +Displacement: Smoothing set to true
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If you render through a camera and select “view” in the render scene dialogue, does it work?
Stupid question: Is “3DS MAX REGION Rendering - Single Job, Frames As Tasks” selected in the “Tiles & Region Rendering Options” rollout’s drop-down list? It is not visible in the screenshot. However, when it is selected, the last rollout will read “ACTIVE: 3ds Max Region Rendering”, something that does not appear in the posted image.
The checkbox “Use 3ds Max Region” simply tells SMTD what values to use, but to ENABLE the region rendering, the drop-down list must be set, otherwise any other Max settings will be ignored. It defaults to “FULL FRAME Rendering, All Region Options DISABLED”. The Render Dialog settings are totally overwritten by Deadline, so no need to set that option to “Crop” at all.
We had to do this because we have to support 4 region rendering modes (single frame Jigsaw multi-region rendering, animatged Jigsaw, single frame Tiles, animation Tiles, and 3ds Max Region). So having a central control in one list (plus the full frame / disable region option) makes sure you cannot enable two or more of them at the same time and cause unexpected collisions…
Yep you got it bobo,
I never knew that you had to tick both use 3ds max region and then also change that dropdown. Rather than a drop down in another section, I think this should be within the 3DS max crop tab. Seems like its not massively intuitive to have to choose all your crop settings in 3DS dialogue, then change that dropdown in one tab then also tick use 3ds region in another.
Alot of things to remember to do in different menus just for such a small requirement.
Still many thanks to both of you for your fast responses and solution.
Should still just about make my deadline (no pun intended 
)
Cheers
No, you got that wrong. There is nothing you need to set in the 3ds Max Render Settings. You don’t have to set the Crop in that dialog. ALL you need to do is:
Open SMTD
Click the Tiles tab - note that by default it is set to FULL FRAME, and all other rollouts are collapsed.
Select “3DS MAX REGION Rendering…” from the list - note that the “ACTIVE: 3ds Max Region Rendering” rollout will pop up automatically, and any of the other rollouts will roll up if they were expanded for some reason. If you switch the list, all rollouts go up and down as needed, so you never have to deal with opening or closing them.
In the SMTD rollout “ACTIVE: 3ds Max Region Rendering”, you select the mode you want - “Crop” in your case. The name of the rollout will change to “ACTIVE: 3ds Max Crop Region Rendering”! (See, I spent a lot of time on this and like attention to details 
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You can now either
[list] [*] Enter the X, Y, Width and Height manually
Check the “Show Region Gizmo” and use the SMTD own manipulator to adjust the region interactively - it will update the values in the rollout dynamically;
Or check “Use 3ds Max Region” which will get the last values set via the 3ds Max Region gizmo or Configure Viewport > Region settings tab. If you manipulated those settings outside of SMTD, pressing the “Update Region Values” button will refresh SMTD’s values to match the 3ds Max ones.
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If you would submit now, even if the 3ds Max Render Setup dialog is still set to “View”, Deadline will still render the region specified in the SMTD dialog, because we enforce our own region rendering settings via the Job Info. Some of the other advanced modes like Jigsaw and Tiles do crazy things with the regions, and we cannot rely on 3ds Max’ own puny single region definition to do the job
I hope this helps.
Note that a few years ago, the rendering of the 3ds Max region was actually enabled via a checkbox in the “3ds Max Region Rendering” rollout, which automatically unchecked the “Render Tiles” checkbox in the other rollout if it was checked. However, when we added “Jigsaw Mutli-Region rendering” which lets you define any number of regions, subdivide some of them into sub-regions to split between machines, and even animate regions over time to track moving objects, we felt that a single location to select one of the 6 modes would be a cleaner solution. Plus all the rollouts open and close automagically when you select from the list, so it should be theoretically a breeze…
