'unknown error when loading the application'

[stephan_MA]

i do bb renderings now for some years and never had this kind of problems with un known errors..

where do i set the ports in the bb manager?

i always used the default values for everyrthing and it all worked fine..

stephan

[stephan_MA]

no news from anyone?

what can i do with a unknown error??
i get no error message, no plugin is missing..,

help!!

[DaForce]

have you tried doing a test with a scanline render?

[stephan_MA]

does not work either.., sh**

no its not vray related i guess..

[stephan_MA]

strange things: the computer with the manager on it works perfect as server. but the program starts the vray console ect, even if the rendering is scanline..

[DaForce]

hmmm odd.. sounds like you may have a funny ini file or setup file... does sound odd tho.

[stephan_MA]

What should the ini file contain?
mine looks like this:

[BitmapDirs]
Dir1=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\maps
Dir2=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\maps\fx
Dir4=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\photometric
Dir3=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\downloads
[HeightManagerMetric]
CurrentHeight=-1
Heights=1.500000 2.400000 3.000000 3.600000 6.000000
[HeightManagerUS_Standard]
CurrentHeight=-1
Heights=5.000000 8.000000 10.000000 12.000000 20.000000
[HeightManagerCustom]
CurrentHeight=-1
[Material Editor]
3DMapScale_Meters=3.000000
3DMapScale_Inches=100.000000
DefaultTextureSize_Meters=1.000000
DefaultTextureSize_Inches=48.000000
AmbientColor=0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
[Directories]
Fonts=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\fonts
Scenes=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\Szenen
Import=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\meshes
Export=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\meshes
Help=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\help
Expressions=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\express
Previews=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\previews
Images=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\images
Sounds=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\sounds
PlugCFG=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\plugcfg
MaxStart=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\scenes
VideoPost=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\vpost
Heidi Drivers=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\drivers
AutoBackup=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\autoback
Materials=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\matlibs
Scripts=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\scripts
Startup Scripts=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\scripts\star tup
Defaults=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\defaults\MA X
RenderPresets=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\Render voreinstellungen
Rendering-Ausgabe=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\Rendering-Ausgabe
Animationen=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\animatio ns
Archive=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\archives
Photometrisch=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\photom etric
RenderAssets=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\rendera ssets
UserScripts=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\userscri pts
Standard MAX plug-ins=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\stdplugs
[Renderer]
DontShowMissingUVWarning=0
UseEnvironAlpha=0
FilterBackground=0
R25Shadows=0
[Performance]
TransformGizmoRestoreAxis=0
SFMask=1
Degrade=0
UnitType=5
UnitScale=1.000000
RealTimePlayback=1
PlayActiveOnly=1
[PlugInKeys]
Enabled=1
[CommandPanel]
Columns=1
RollupBreakThreshold=50
[Modstack]
Visible=0
ModStackHeight=128
ShowAllIcons=0
ShowAllSets=0
[CustomMenus]
FileName=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\UI\MaxStart UI.mnu
[KeyboardFile]
CurDir=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\UI\
CurFile=MaxStartUI.kbd
[DialogResizer_SizeAndPositions]
MXSDebugFloater=0 0 304 194 1
[ObjectSnapSettings]
DisplaySnapMarkers=1
SnapMarkerSize=20
SnapMarkerColor=0.000000 1.000000 1.000000
UseAxisConstraints=0
SnapToFrozen=0
DisplayRubberBand=1
SnapPreviewRadius=30
SnapRadius=20
UseTMAxisCenterAsDefaultStartSnapPoint=1
[6d803b31,4e9b5819]
ObjectSnapPluginState=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
[62f565d6,110a1f97]
ObjectSnapPluginState=1 0
[24960fd5,343a4913]
ObjectSnapPluginState=0 0
[1f120de7,30bc716f]
ObjectSnapPluginState=0 0
[52256183,106b5fda]
ObjectSnapPluginState=0 0 0 0 0 0
[InstanceMgr]
DisplayMSOMtlPropagationMsg=1
[WindowState]
GFXType=Software
GFXRenderer=SZB7.hdi
GFXDevice=GDI7.hdi
GFXDirect3DVersion=
GFXDirect3DDevice=
GFXDirect3DBuild=
Size=1140 796
Place=-4 -3
Maximized=0
[MAXHistoryList]
Count=4
History_00=R:\Daten alter Computer
History_01=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\Szenen
History_02=D:\3dsmax5\Models für MAx 8\archinteriors_vol1\archinteriors_vol1\001
History_03=D:\3dsmax5\Models für MAx 8\kitchen_h_exp
[FileList]
File1=R:\Daten alter Computer\Sun Sky.max
File2=D:\3dsmax5\Models für MAx 8\archinteriors_vol1\archinteriors_vol1\001\001.ma x
File3=D:\3dsmax5\Models für MAx 8\kitchen_h_exp\kitchen_h_exp.max
[PresetOutputSize0]
PresetWidth=320
PresetHeight=240
PresetAspect=1.000000
[PresetOutputSize1]
PresetWidth=256
PresetHeight=243
PresetAspect=1.265625
[PresetOutputSize2]
PresetWidth=512
PresetHeight=486
PresetAspect=1.265625
[PresetOutputSize3]
PresetWidth=640
PresetHeight=480
PresetAspect=1.000000
[PresetOutputSize4]
PresetWidth=720
PresetHeight=486
PresetAspect=0.900000
[PresetOutputSize5]
PresetWidth=800
PresetHeight=600
PresetAspect=1.000000
[EmailNotifications]
NotifyProgress=0
NotifyFailure=0
NotifyCompletion=1
NotifyEveryNth=1
EmailFrom=zed@inforia.net
EmailTo=zed@inforia.net
OutgoingEmailServer=mail.inforia.net
[RenderDialogPosition]
Dimension=480 63 456 615
[RenderProgressDialogPosition]
Dimension=897 79 379 244
[RenderVFBPosition]
Position=218 173
[Noise Params]
Size_Meters=0.635000
Size_Inches=25.000000
[Cellular Params]
Size_Meters=0.127000
Size_Inches=5.000000


plugin.ini:

[Directories]
Additional MAX plug-ins=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\plugins
V-Ray additional plug-ins=C:\Programme\Autodesk\3dsMax8\plugins\vrayplug ins

[jacksc02]

copy the .ini files from a working max install into the machine that isnt working

[stephan_MA]

no chance..

might be something with rpc? cause its the only plugin, that is not installed on the servers..

stephan

[stephan_MA]

no, even installing the rpc does not make the server work..

[DaForce]

hmmm weird.

Have a poke around the autodesk support forums and see if anything is mentioned there.

[jacksc02]

weird problem.
Could you try and contact your max reseller and tell them what is going on?

[stephan_MA]

strange things happen again:

now my two computers work with the vraylicense server. they render the same scene just fine. but when the computer which is not hosting the license is a backburner server this unknown error appears. the license host computer just renders fine, even as a backburner server.

stephan