might be deadline....might be vray 3.0 beta...

[ALFRED_ST_MEDIA]

I opened up the beta to all my lighters today, which means adding it to the farm. The issue we are having is this:

in the render globals, the output path is:%s/%l/%s_%l
the expected file output folder in deadline is:
//disks/nas/project/show/shots/sht001/user/maya/images/thisMayaFile/thisRenderLayer/

the output folder deadline is giving us is:
//disks/nas/project/show/shots/sht001/user/maya/images/%s/%l

The only change in the pipeline is vray 3.0 beta for maya.

Any thoughts, because I'm stumped.

TIA,

-ctj

p.s. I did submit this issue to thinkbox as well. haven't heard a peep yet.

[tashko.zashev]

Hi,

In order to test this we need more information.

Do you use Deadline's Maya integrated render script or you are submitting the job directly in Deadline Monitor?
Which is your Deadline version?
Could you post the log from Deadline?

[ALFRED_ST_MEDIA]

win7 x64
maya 2014sp1
vray 3.05.01, revision 24335
deadline 6.0.0.51561
altered submitToDeadline.mel script

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Log
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0: Loaded plugin: MayaBatch
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: ballTest1_ctj - persp (533b457bda44a91df8210472)
0: Skipping O: because it is already mapped
0: Skipping Z: because it is already mapped
0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Users\rush\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\sla ve\Z032\plugins\MayaBatch.py
0: INFO: About: Maya Batch Plugin for Deadline
0: INFO: The job's environment will be merged with the current environment before rendering
0: INFO: Rendering with Maya version 2014.0
0: INFO: Starting monitored managed process MayaBatch
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Enforcing 64 bit build of Maya
0: INFO: Render Executable: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2014\bin\MayaBatch.exe"
0: INFO: Render Argument: -prompt -file "\\disks\nas2\ELASTIC\14E512_adidas_world_cup\devl \work.ianr\maya\scenes\ballTest1_ctj.mb" -proj "//disks/nas2/ELASTIC/14E512_adidas_world_cup/devl/work.ianr/maya"
0: INFO: Startup Directory: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2014\bin"
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1
0: INFO: Waiting until maya is ready to go
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya 2014
0: STDOUT: mental ray: version 3.11.1.13, Sep 12 2013, revision 204885
0: WARNING: Strict error checking on, ignoring the following unrecognized error or warning. If it is fatal, please email support@thinkboxsoftware.com with the error message.
0: STDOUT: Error: ...source "//disks/nas0/CGI/_plugins/maya/vray/VRAYx64_Maya_2014_NIGHTLY/maya_root/scripts/others/createMayaSoftwareCommonGlobalsTa
0: WARNING: Strict error checking on, ignoring the following unrecognized error or warning. If it is fatal, please email support@thinkboxsoftware.com with the error message.
0: STDOUT: Error: "C:/Users/rush/Documents/maya/2014-x64/scripts/userSetup.mel" line 2.135: Cannot find file "//disks/nas0/CGI/_plugins/maya/vray/VRAYx64_Maya_2014_NIGHTLY/maya_root/scripts/others/createMayaSoftwareCommonGlobalsTab.mel" for source statement.
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:38] V-Ray: V-Ray for Maya version 3.05.01, revision 24335 from Mar 26 2014, 01:48:58
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:38] V-Ray: V-Ray core version is 3.00.01
0: STDOUT: Initializing V-Ray for Maya
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:40] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node vrayMultiProjection (id: 1115335/0x001104C7)
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:40] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node VRayCurvature (id: 201308280/0x0BFFB87
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:40] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node VRaySkinMtl (id: 1115348/0x001104D4)
0: STDOUT: File read in 2 seconds.
0: STDOUT: Result: //disks/nas2/ELASTIC/14E512_adidas_world_cup/devl/work.ianr/maya/scenes/ballTest1_ctj.mb
0: STDOUT: mel: READY FOR INPUT
0: INFO: Rendering with vray
0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
0: INFO: Creating melscript to execute
0: INFO: Auto memory detection for VRay disabled
0: INFO: Executing script: C:\Users\rush\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp673F.tmp
0: INFO: Waiting for script to finish
0: WARNING: Strict error checking on, ignoring the following unrecognized error or warning. If it is fatal, please email support@thinkboxsoftware.com with the error message.
0: STDOUT: mel: Warning: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2014/scripts/others/makeCameraRenderable.mel line 60: Found camera perspShape.
0: STDOUT: V-Ray: Starting render
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:40] V-Ray: Loading plugins from "//disks/nas0/CGI/_plugins/maya/vray/VRAYx64_Maya_2014_NIGHTLY/maya_vray/vrayplugins/vray_*.dll"
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: 136 plugin(s) loaded successfully
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Loading plugins from "//disks/nas0/CGI/_plugins/maya/phoenix/phoenixFD_adv_maya2014_vray_20_x64/maya_vray/vrayplugins/vray_*.dll"
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray error: Error loading plugin library "\\disks\nas0\CGI\_plugins\maya\phoenix\phoenixFD_ adv_maya2014_vray_20_x64\maya_vray\vrayplugins\vra y_phoenix.dll" (127): The specified procedure could not be found.
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: 1 plugin(s) loaded successfully
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Finished loading plugins.
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Exporting scene to V-Ray.
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Parsing light links time 0h 0m 0.0s (0.0 s)
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Translating scene geometry for V-Ray
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Total time translating scene for V-Ray 0h 0m 0.1s (0.1 s)
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Rendering.
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Clearing bitmap cache memory...
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Rendering frames.
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Updating frame at time 1.00
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Total time updating frame 0h 0m 0.0s (0.0 s)
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Preparing renderer...
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Preparing scene for rendering...
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Preparing scene for frame...
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Compiling geometry...
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Building static raycast accelerator...
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: SDTree statistics:
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Total number of faces stored: 2280
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Max tree depth: 16
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Average tree depth: 10.8174
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Number of tree nodes: 2247
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Number of tree faces: 6141
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Number of tree leafs: 668
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Average faces/leaf: 9.19311
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Memory usage: 1.73 MB
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: Rendering image...
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:43] V-Ray: (Estimated time remaining: 0h 0m 1.3s): 15 % completed
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: (Estimated time remaining: 0h 0m 0.8s): 36 % completed
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: (Estimated time remaining: 0h 0m 0.2s): 84 % completed
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Number of raycasts: 655429
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Camera rays: 655429
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Shadow rays: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: GI rays: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Reflection rays: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Refraction rays: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Unshaded rays: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Number of intersectable primitives: 2280
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: SD triangles: 2280
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: MB triangles: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Static primitives: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Moving primitives: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Infinite primitives: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Static hair segments: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:44] V-Ray: Moving hair segments: 0
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:49] V-Ray: Successfully written image file "//disks/nas2/ELASTIC/14E512_adidas_world_cup/devl/work.ianr/maya/images/ballTest1_ctj/layer1/ballTest1_ctj_layer1.0001.exr"
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:49] V-Ray: Total frame time 0h 0m 6.5s (6.5 s)
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:49] V-Ray: Total sequence time 0h 0m 6.5s (6.5 s)
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:49] V-Ray: Render complete
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:49] V-Ray: ========================
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:49] V-Ray: Clearing exporter memory...
0: STDOUT: [2014/Apr/1|16:02:49] V-Ray: Total time clearing exporter memory 0h 0m 0.0s (0.0 s)
0: STDOUT: Render completed.
0: STDOUT: mel: READY FOR INPUT
0: Render time for frame(s): 28.121 s
0: Total time for task: 29.252 s


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Details
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Date: 04/01/2014 16:01:39
Frames: 1
Job Submit Date: 04/01/2014 16:01:09
Job User: chrisj
Slave Name: Z032
Slave Version: v6.0.0.51561 R

[tashko.zashev]

Thank you very much for posting the log file.

Actually I don't see anything wrong in the output from the Deadline log.

Successfully written image file "//disks/nas2/ELASTIC/14E512_adidas_world_cup/devl/work.ianr/maya/images/ballTest1_ctj/layer1/ballTest1_ctj_layer1.0001.exr"

Where

//disks/nas2/ELASTIC/14E512_adidas_world_cup/devl/work.ianr/maya/images/ballTest1_ctj/layer1/ballTest1_ctj_layer1.0001.exr"

=

"//disks/nas2/ELASTIC/14E512_adidas_world_cup/devl/work.ianr/maya/images/%s/%l/%s_%l"

Are we missing something here?

[ALFRED_ST_MEDIA]

oh, indeed, the render is fine, and the render output is fine, and that's why I'm pretty sure it's more of a deadline issue because the problem is deadline, when you right-click on the project title and go to the output folder, the output, according to deadline is:

//disks/nas2/ELASTIC/14E512_adidas_world_cup/devl/work.ianr/maya/images/%s/%l

and since that's where deadline thinks the files are, our render release scripts can't find the passes.

I've forwarded all the info to thinkbox. we'll see what they say, and I'll update this thread, in case anyone else has this issue.

-ctj

[tashko.zashev]

I've forwarded all the info to thinkbox. we'll see what they say, and I'll update this thread, in case anyone else has this issue.

Thank you, let me know if we can be of any further assistance regarding this case.

[MikeOwen]

For anyone who might be reading this thread, it turns out that the more recent VRay v3.0 beta builds ~March 2014 onwards, added an additional parameter to the "vrayTransfromFilename" function, which Deadline utilises to make the filename transforms work. This is now all fixed and available in Deadline v6.2 beta 7, which will be available sometime w/c 14th April 2014 onwards.

[svetlozar.draganov]

Thank you very much for your feedback again.