Submit Simulation to Deadline path error

[jop]

Hi,

while I'm sure about my Deadline Repository path, the Submitter in Max says "The path to the Deadline repo is invalid! Aborting."
Any idea ?


I'm using 3ds Max 2021 with Phoenix FD 4.30.00, Build ID: 20200912 and Deadline 10.1.9.2

[jop]

removed the "@" in the line:
local remoteScript = theNetworkRoot + @"\submission\3dsmax\main\SubmitMaxToDeadline_Func tions.ms"
from PhoenixFDMenu.ms

Seems to fix the issue

[georgi.zhekov]

Hey,

Seems to be working correctly on our side using the latest Deadline build. Could it be that you have some unusual symbol in the path to the Deadline repo?
Does it help if you go to the Deadline monitor > File > Change Repository, copy the repo destication and paste it in the the Phoenix Deadline Submission dialog?

What if you try to install the Deadline submission plugin for Max and you try to submit the job from the Deadline menu?

[georgi.zhekov]

Ah, posted without refreshing the page.

Glad you solved it!

[jop]

Was the "@" meant to be there ?

[georgi.zhekov]

The @ symbol in front of the string is valid maxscript and it is in the code for quite some time.

May be your path is setup in some specific way. What kind of path are you using?

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Yup, with a @ it's a verbatim string literal so you don't need to escape backslashes. Check this page: https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMA...5-CD3BA88A975B

Could it be that there is something naughty in your path, like double \\ for example?

[jop]

I tried:
\\pandora\MAINTENANCE\DeadlineRepository10
M:\DeadlineRepository10
\\192.168.0.50\MAINTENANCE\DeadlineRepository10

none works

[jop]

in fact @ didn't the trick...
had to remove the error whole checking

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

We still can't make this break here in order to find out what's wrong...

Can you tell us what else did you have to remove? Maybe it would help shed some light on the issue.

Would it be correct to guess that M: is a mapped drive? Do you map it via script and do you map it as administrator or as a regular user? Also, do you start 3ds Max as a regular user or as an administrator? Also, which version of 3ds Max do you use? Gotta find what's different between your setup and our setups here...

Cheers!

[jop]

I commented the loop who is cheking the validity of the entered network path. It is working so far.

We run max 2021 update 2, not as admin.
M: is indeed a mapped drive as admin user.
It don't work either with a full UNC path, ip or dns.
For unknown reason the maxscript path checking is failing while submission works.
Would it be some maxscript function broken in 2021 ?

[jop]

Here is what I commented to make it work:

--if (doesFileExist remoteScript)==false do(
-- messageBox "The path to the Deadline repo is invalid! Aborting."
-- return "The path to the Deadline repo is invalid! Aborting."
--)