XSI6.5 not rendering :(

[mclawest]

Hello,
I have a several problems with XSI rendering… I send a batch task to deadline, but slaves don’t render, there is a following errors:

Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): ’ ERROR : 2008-REND-RenderPasses - Operation was aborted. (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Slave Log
Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\ack0
0: STDOUT: ’ INFO : Executing command: OpenScene(C:/Documents and Settings/farm/Local Settings/Application Data/Frantic Films/Deadline/slave/jobsData/b10_080_collect_029a.scn)
0: STDOUT: >Loading: C:/Documents and Settings/farm/Local Settings/Application Data/Frantic Films/Deadline/slave/jobsData/b10_080_collect_029a.scn…
0: STDOUT: ’ INFO : 4034 - Loaded scene was created with build number: 6.5.2007.0829 - compatibility version: 600
0: STDOUT: OpenScene “C:/Documents and Settings/farm/Local Settings/Application Data/Frantic Films/Deadline/slave/jobsData/b10_080_collect_029a.scn”
0: STDOUT: ’ INFO : Executing command: SetValue(Passes.List..mentalray.VerbosityLevel,60,)
0: STDOUT: SetValue "Passes.List..mentalray.VerbosityLevel", “60”
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 225-229
0: INFO: Render Tasks
0: STDOUT: ’ INFO : Executing command: GetValue(Passes.List)
0: STDOUT: ’ INFO : Executing command: RenderPasses(Passes.Default_Pass,int(225),int(229))
0: STDOUT: ’ INFO : Rendering pass ‘Default_Pass’…
0: STDOUT: ’ INFO : Rendering frame 225 (0.0% done)
0: STDOUT: ’ ERROR : 2008-REND-RenderPasses - Operation was aborted.

Exception Details

RenderPluginException – An error occurred in EndJob(): ’ ERROR : 2008-REND-RenderPasses - Operation was aborted. (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort)

RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)

Exception.Data: ( )

Exception.TargetSite: Void EndJob()

Exception.Source: deadline

Exception.StackTrace:

at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.EndJob()

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.Dispose()

Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): ’ ERROR : 2008-REND-RenderPasses - Operation was aborted. (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)

at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Error Type
RenderPluginException

Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()

[rrussell]

Does the DirectX error window pop up when XSI fails to render? If this is the case, have you tried installing DirectX 9 on your render nodes to see if that helps?

Cheers,

• Ryan

[mclawest]

I have a dx9c at all my nodes, and I can’t understand why it happens…

[rrussell]

Yeah, that’s strange. When you are submitting the job to Deadline, do you have the “Use XSIBATCH” option enabled? If so, try disabling it to see if it makes a difference (I imagine it won’t, but it’s worth a try to cover all bases). If the job also fails, please post the full render log (not just the error report). You can find the log by right-clicking on the job and selecting Job Reports -> View Log Reports.

Cheers,

• Ryan

[mclawest]

it’s not working

[rrussell]

I figured that wouldn’t help, but it seems to confirm that the problem is XSI-related and not something that Deadline is doing. With XSIBATCH mode disabled, Deadline just runs XSI in command line mode, which is the same as you opening a command prompt on a render node and running it manually. So if XSI isn’t rendering in command line mode, there isn’t anything that Deadline can do to fix this.

Maybe one thing to try would be to reinstall DirectX 9 and then reinstall XSI. Contacting XSI’s support team might be a good idea too. Sorry we can’t be of more help.

Cheers,

• Ryan

[mclawest]

thanks anyway