Help for finding the source of a VRay for Maya fairly generic error.

[joelly3d]

Error is as follows:

// Warning: V-Ray : Parameter transform doesn't exist! //

Can't seem to locate what is firing it off. Any suggestions to help hunt it down? Even with vraySettings.sys_message_level at 4, I still just get that one line. Can't find the culprit.

Any help appreciated.
-Joel

[Svetlozar Draganov]

When and where the errors appears?
When loading the scene, when rendering it, when loading Maya?
Does it happen with every scene or with particular one/ones only?

Try to isolate half of the objects in the scene and see if the error is still there, if yes continue with isolation until it disappears - this workflow should lead you to the culprit.

[joelly3d]

Interesting enough, if i hide everything, it still does it. I have a feeling there may be a script node or something hidden. Got the source from an agency that may have a custom toolset that is missing on my end. Thanks for the help though!

[vlado]

It seems related to a texture described in the desc.txt file, but I'm not sure which texture it is; maybe an environment one? We really need to print more info.

Best regards,
Vlado

[joelly3d]

It seems you are correct. A light dome returns errors to the Script Editor for anything related to that node:

setAttr "LightDomeShape1.enabled" 0;
// Warning: V-Ray : Parameter transform doesn't exist! //
setAttr "LightDomeShape1.enabled" 1;
// Warning: V-Ray : Parameter transform doesn't exist! //
setAttr "LightDomeShape1.shadows" 1;
// Warning: V-Ray : Parameter transform doesn't exist! //
setAttr "LightDomeShape1.affectDiffuse" 0;
// Warning: V-Ray : Parameter transform doesn't exist! //
setAttr "LightDomeShape1.affectDiffuse" 1;
// Warning: V-Ray : Parameter transform doesn't exist! //

I'll just try to recreate it. That worked. No error now.

[yolov]

If it happens again, can you also post the log printed in Maya's output window and Maya's script editor - in particular the beginning of the log until Maya is fully initialized - it just might give us a clue if there's something wrong in the initialization phase.