fractal node not supported un batch render?????

[xxc]

Hello....
I'm facing some inconsistency between maya UI render and the batch mode.
The solid fractal I've applied in a dirt node dont appear when rendering in batch mode. I have to trash several day of rendering... I'm a little bit upset.
Is there some shading connection not supported in batch mode only that I have to be aware??
Please help...
xxc

[vlado]

I can't think of any reason why this should not work. If it doesn't then it's a bug and not something that's generally not supported. It would be very useful if you can provide a scene that reproduces the issue. Many projects have used batch rendering and fractal textures (I myself can remember a few right away) without any issues.

Best regards,
Vlado

[xxc]

Hi Vlado...

After some test it appear to happen when batch rendering with a .command file.
It working if I do a batch render from the maya UI.
So it happen with the "render -r vray" command line. !?

I reproduce it on 2 machine with a simple sphere shaded by a VrayMtl, with a solid fractal in the diffuse slot. Nothing more than that.

xxc

[vlado]

Ok then; can you tell me which V-Ray version, which OS and which Maya version you are using so that we can try to reproduce this here?

Best regards,
Vlado

[xxc]

Well... I'm running Maya 2014 ext sp2 with vray 2.4 (last one I found on chaos portal) on MacOSX 10.9.2.
Thanks
xxc

[vlado]

Well... I'm running Maya 2014 ext sp2 with vray 2.4 (last one I found on chaos portal) on MacOSX 10.9.2.

Eh, Mac... I should have known. Thanks for the pointer; looking into it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[ivaylo.ivanov]

I can't reproduce it. Batch render from the UI is the same thing as if you've started the Render from a command line. On the other OSs there is an output log file from the rendering, but I can't find it on OSX... It's called mayaRenderLog.txt. What is your exact command line?

[xxc]

Ok, back on board...

Here is the command I've write in my .command file:

/Applications/Autodesk/maya2014/Maya.app/Contents/MacOS/Render -r vray -im "Render_testFractal" -proj "/Users/(path to project)/" "/Users/(path to project)/scenes/testFractal.mb"

(Just have masked the path to project part for here)

For the renderLog, I find one in ~/Library/Logs/Maya/

xxc