Displacement Problem when network rendering

[DanielWichterich]

Just noticed the following:
when using an EXR in an VrayDisplacementMod it does render fine locally. But when network rendering the displacement is not existing. I converted the map to an jpg and is was then working fine.

Vray 3.00.07
Deadline 6.1

Greetings,
Daniel

[tashko.zashev]

Hi Daniel,

I just did a quick test with Max 2014 / V-Ray 3.00.07 / DL 6.1 and EXR with V-Ray displacement seems to work fine.
What 3DS Max version do you use?
Could you post the render log from a Deadline slave machine?

[DanielWichterich]

It's Max2014. I wonder if that exr simply wasn't found but I think I checked paths.


Here is the log
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Log
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0: Task timeout is 34395 seconds (Auto Task Timeout)
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 126
0: INFO: Render Tasks called
0: INFO: STARTED
0: INFO: Lightning: Render frame 126
0: INFO: Lightning: Overriding save file option to 0
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering frame xxxxxx
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering 0 render elements
0: INFO: Lightning: Setting up render parameters
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering camera node VRayCam001
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking multipass info for frame 126
0: INFO: Lightning: Opening renderer
0: INFO: Lightning: Multipass disabled
0: INFO: Lightning: Rendering 1 passes
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking output paths
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking default actions
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_EXTERNAL_FILES = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_UVWS = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_DLL_FILES = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: TYPE_MISSING_XREF_FILES = IGNORE
0: INFO: Lightning: Calling renderer
0: INFO: Preparing tone operator.
0: INFO: Preparing camera sampler...
0: INFO: Preparing objects
0: INFO: Loading bitmaps...
0: INFO: Updating transformation matrices
0: INFO: Updating objects
0: INFO: Updating instances
0: INFO: Preparing lights
0: INFO: Preparing lights
0: INFO: Preparing lights (VRayLight001)
0: INFO: Preparing lights (VRayLight001): done [00:00:00.0]
0: INFO: Preparing atmospherics
0: INFO: Preparing render effects
0: INFO: Compiling scene geometry
0: INFO: Preparing ray server...
0: INFO: Building motion blur raycast accelerator...
0: INFO: Building motion blur raycast accelerator...: done [00:00:00.0]
0: INFO: Building static hair raycast accelerator...
0: INFO: Building motion blur hair raycast accelerator...
0: INFO: Preparing direct light manager...
0: INFO: Preparing global light manager...
0: INFO: Writing output
0: INFO: Writing output: done [00:00:08.1]
0: INFO: Lightning: CallCurRendererRenderFrame returned code 1
0: INFO: Lightning: Render done
0: INFO: Lightning: Checking render elements


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Details
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Date: 08/15/2014 03:44:11
Frames: 126
Job Submit Date: 08/14/2014 12:47:51
Job User: dan
Average RAM Usage: 0 (0%)
Peak RAM Usage: 0 (0%)
Average CPU Usage: 0%
Peak CPU Usage: 0%

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Slave Information
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Slave Name: NIK-PC
Version: v6.1.0.54665 R
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional (SP1)
Machine User: Deerdy
IP Address: fe80::ecda:2e9b:33c7:fe45%11
MAC Address: EC:A8:6B:29:A2:91
CPU Architecture: x64
CPUs: 8
CPU Usage: 6%
Memory Usage: 3.8 GB / 16.0 GB (24%)
Free Disk Space: 1.699 TB (374.793 GB on C:\, 1.333 TB on D:\)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

[tashko.zashev]

Thanks for attaching the log file.

Deadline check for missing file is disabled
TYPE_MISSING_EXTERNAL_FILES = IGNORE

Would you try to enable it and run a test again ? It might be something related to the paths or shared folders.

[DanielWichterich]

I tried that, it did render without any errors but the displacement didn't show up.
At the moment I can't share the file with you. But I will at a later time

[svetlozar.draganov]

Have you tried to render without using Deadline - just Vray Distributed Rendering?

[DanielWichterich]

ok, i think i know what caused this. the file was coming from an older max version. maybe there were changes in the exr importer plugin? I removed and reloaded the exr, now it is working

[svetlozar.draganov]

Glad to hear you sorted it out.