DR Node Never Starts

[Jason Stewart]

Hey everyone,
Still going through some setup issues with my first node. I have licenses for it now and I have run tests on simple scenes and it works perfectly. I have been messing with it all day trying to get it to work on a scene that I started working on before I set everything up but still can't seem to get it to work. The scene and all assets were originally on my workstation but I put everything on my new NAS. I even tried archiving the scene to make sure it wasn't a missing file or anything. All references point to the NAS and I have tested with a simple scene and it works fine. I can open the scene from the node and render it fine. I can do a network rendering through backburner fine. No matter what I have tried this scene just wont render with DR.

Log from the Node:

[2014/Sep/20|20:50:05] ================================================== ==========
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:05] Console created, V-Ray A for x64 from May 24 2014, 04:23:32
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:05] ================================================== ==========
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:05] Compiled with Intel C++ compiler, version 14
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:05] Host is 3dsmax, version 16
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:05] V-Ray DLL version is 3.00.07
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:25] Broadcasting TM_SERVER_STARTED after start up
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:43] Received TM_START_RENDER from 192.168.2.146
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:43] Starting DR session from 192.168.2.146
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:43] Receiving DR scene from 192.168.2.146
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor entered (loading from file).
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Setting default filter kernel.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading from file.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading filter parameters.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Adding host "192.168.2.244":20204 from scene
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor entered (loading from file).
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Setting default filter kernel.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading from file.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading filter parameters.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor entered.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Setting default filter kernel.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] VRenderer destructor entered.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] VRenderer destructor done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor entered (loading from file).
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Setting default filter kernel.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading from file.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading filter parameters.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Loading done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor entered.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] Setting default filter kernel.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] [VRender] Constructor done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] VRenderer destructor entered.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:50] VRenderer destructor done.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Scene loaded from "C:\Users\Jason\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMaxDesig n\2014 - 64bit\ENU\temp\vray_server_scene.max"

[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] [DR] getting sequence data...
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Extracting sequence data from RendParams.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Setting up V-Ray parameters for frame rendering.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Extracting sequence data from VRender.
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Forcing multithreading
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] A render elements manager with 16 elements detected
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayAlpha
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayGlobalIllumination
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayLighting
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayRawGlobalIllumination
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayRawLighting
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayRawReflection
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayRawShadow
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayReflection
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayRenderID
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRaySampleRate
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayShadows
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayTotalLighting
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayWireColor
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayZDepth
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayBackground
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Render element: VRayRefraction
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] [DR] Calling beginSeqeunce()
[2014/Sep/20|20:50:56] Current project folder is "D:\Documents\3dsMaxDesign"
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Entering beginSequence().
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Setting RenderGlobalContext.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Broadcasting NOTIFY_PRE_RENDER.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Tiled bitmap cache size set to 1000 MB
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Preparing renderer...
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Using probabilistic light evaluation with 8 lights.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Creating render callback from built-in VFB.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Max ray intensity is enabled: rendered result may have incorrect brightness.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Calling renderBegin().
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:03] Sending RenderBegin().
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Sending RenderBegin() to atmospheric effects.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Sending RenderBegin() to render effects.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Sending RenderBegin() to environment maps.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Sending RenderBegin() to the tone operator.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Sending RenderBegin() to override mtl.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Adding global illumination light
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Created global illumination light.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Light added to light list.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Scanning scene.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Created light from node.
[2014/Sep/20|20:51:04] Light added to light list.
[2014/Sep/20|21:00:12] Received TM_END_RENDER from 192.168.2.146

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jason

[jacksc02]

Jason,
Have you done any backburner renders on the new node?
Sometimes running a backburner job help to set up some mystery network settings.

[Jason Stewart]

Jason,
Have you done any backburner renders on the new node?
Sometimes running a backburner job help to set up some mystery network settings.

I have. It will work with DR on every scene except the one I am trying to render. I have also opened the scene manually from the node to check and make sure I do not have a missing plugin or something and it renders fine. Losing my mind!

[tashko.zashev]

Hi Jason,

It is very odd DR case and I would like to ask you for more details.

Are you submitting the job from 3ds Max Design 2014?
Unfortunately there are no errors or warnings in the log you have posted, which will help us to identify the issue. Would it be possible to run another test render ("Restart servers on render end" disabled) and send us the logs from the main machine and render slave.

[Jason Stewart]

I will do that tonight and post the results. I am submitting from 2014.