v-ray for maya 2016

[joa_grilo]

Hi,
just want to ask , when will be official build for maya 2016 be available.
I know I can use the nightlies build, just asking !
Thanks

[vlado]

It's a few weeks away. There were some changes between the last beta and the official release that we needed to take care of; also we haven't managed to install our official licenses for 2016 yet - looks like we got a .lic file for 2015 instead, so it's been a few frustrating days now with back-and-forths between us and Autodesk. Not much of a problem on Windows and Mac as there are trial versions, but right now we actually have no ways to test the Linux builds yet.

Best regards,
Vlado

[mayanic]

hi

shall we use the nightlies or just hold our fingers still and stick to maya 2015 in the meantime for some straight architectural visualizations - nothing fancy?!

would love to use the new maya ..

br matt

[vlado]

The Linux version needs more work due to Qt changes. But the Windows and Mac OS X versions seem to be working ok.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Algehov]

Does the Linux version only have ui/qt issues, or are there render issues too?
I ask since our render farm is on linux, but our workstations uses windows. So maya only runs through batch mode on our linux computers.

[vlado]

I don't think there are render issues.

Best regards,
Vlado

[joa_grilo]

Love the support for the new hypershade!! Thank you for that

[vlado]

Good to know that it works

Best regards,
Vlado

[Fredrik Averpil]

I just saw Simon playing with the hypershade here... looks pretty awesome. We'll put a test scene to render on Linux and see if it comes through without errors.

[t.petrov]

For the record:
Starting with rev 25823 the linux build for Maya 2016 should be fully functional.
Please test and report problems.

[Fredrik Averpil]

It seems we are hitting a wall when attempting to render a scene on Linux using 25823:

Executing command using subprocess.Popen(): //192.168.0.226/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016_linux64/bin/Render -r vray -x 2647 -y 1872 -reg 0 264 0 187 -s 2 -e 2 -rl defaultRenderLayer -im <Scene>_slice1_<Layer>_<Camera>. -cam renderCam -proj //192.168.0.225/prod/proj7/maya -rd //192.168.0.225/prod/proj7/maya/images/scene7/slices //192.168.0.225/prod/proj7/maya/scenes/scene7.mb
Script PID: 13522
App PID: 13525
>>> 
>>> Starting "/192.168.0.226/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016_linux64/bin/maya"
>>> Maya.env file copied from /home/IRUser/maya/2015-x64/ to /home/IRUser/maya/2016/Maya.env
>>> Copied preferences from a previous version.
>>> terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
>>>   what():  basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
>>> Stack trace:
>>>   /lib64/libc.so.6() [0x3ede232920]
>>>   gsignal
>>>   abort
>>>   __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler()
>>>   /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6() [0x3ee0ebcbe6]
>>>   /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6() [0x3ee0ebcc13]
>>>   /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6() [0x3ee0ebcd0e]
>>>   std::__throw_logic_error(char const*)
>>>   /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6() [0x3ee0e9ce59]
>>>   std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(char const*, std::allocator<char> const&)
>>>   //192.168.0.226/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016_linux64/lib/libMC3.so.8(+0xb7330) [0x7f5677692330]
>>>   //192.168.0.226/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016_linux64/lib/libMC3.so.8(+0x139c7f) [0x7f5677714c7f]
>>>   //192.168.0.226/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016_linux64/lib/libMC3.so.8(+0xb7f69) [0x7f5677692f69]
>>>   CMLFacade::Initialize(CMLWaypoint*, wchar_t const*, wchar_t const*, wchar_t const*, int, unsigned int, long long, long long, MC3_MODE, wchar_t const*)
>>>   TCIPClient::initialize()
>>>   TCIPClient::TCIPClient()
>>>   TCIPClient::theOne()
>>>   TbaseApp::cipReportStartup()
>>>   TbaseApp::initGeneral()
>>>   //192.168.0.226/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016_linux64/bin/maya.bin() [0x415a52]
>>>   Tapplication::start()
>>>   //192.168.0.226/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016_linux64/bin/maya.bin() [0x40e6ff]
>>>   main
>>>   __libc_start_main
>>>   //192.168.0.226/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016_linux64/bin/maya.bin() [0x40debd]
>>> 
>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>> // Maya exited with status 139

Hm... I wonder... if this is a V-Ray problem or a Maya problem... it actually looks like Maya hasn't even attempted to load V-Ray when it crashes.

[Fredrik Averpil]

False alarm. There's something wrong with our Linux installation of Maya.

[Fredrik Averpil]

Correction: I don't think there's anything wrong with our Maya installation. We can successfully execute the command on a Linux machine, but when it is executed through our render manager, it crashes (Maya 2016 Linux only)... still doesn't have anything to do with V-Ray, which seems to render just fine when the command is executed directly on the local Linux machine.

[t.petrov]

Will it work correctly if you use the Maya Software renderer or Mental Ray?

[Fredrik Averpil]

It's the same issue with Maya Software (V-Ray plugin not used or loaded), so this is not a V-Ray issue.