batch render preRender crash

[snivlem]

Hi,

I wrote in to submit a ticket #393905.

What was happening is that I use my own script to generate a bat file so I can do batch renders.

When my script generates this line:
"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2017\bin\Render.exe" -r vray -preRender "MEL commands here" "K:/maya/projects/16_35_clcbel/scenes/ffs.ma";

V-Ray 3.5 will crash.

When I remove the -preRender flag, V-Ray doesn't crash.

The preRender flag can be empty -preRender "" and it will still crash with exit code 201. Can anyone confirm if this is an issue?

[svetlozar.draganov]

Thanks for the ticket number.
I can see that you already found and error in the MEL command which is causing the issue, then do you still need our assistance?

[snivlem]

Thanks Svetlozar.

Yes, it might need investigating because this crashes Maya with exit code 210 (when running a mayaBatach.bat) file in Windows:

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2017\bin\Render.exe" -r vray -preRender "" -threads 0 -x 3000 -y 1687 -log "//server/folder/maya/mayaRenderLog.txt" -proj "K:/maya/projects/16_35_clcbel/" "K:/maya/projects/16_35_clcbel/scenes/clcbel_interior_v01.0001.ma"

This renders just fine:
"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2017\bin\Render.exe" -r vray -threads 0 -x 3000 -y 1687 -log "//server/folder/maya/mayaRenderLog.txt" -proj "K:/maya/projects/16_35_clcbel/" "K:/maya/projects/16_35_clcbel/scenes/clcbel_interior_v01.0001.ma"

The crash happens on any scene, even a default one with a lambert1 cube.

The only difference is if the -preRender flag exists, Maya crashes. the preRender flag can have anything it wants in the quotes, even blank like my example above. I tried it with vanilla maya prefs too and found the same thing. Just wondering if it can be replicated outside my environment?

[svetlozar.draganov]

It works fine here, here is a screenshot from the CMD:

And here is the log file: http://ftp.chaosgroup.com/support/sc...aRenderLog.txt

This is with V-Ray 3.50.02 and Maya 2017 no SP. I'll try to update Maya to SP3 and will repeat the same test and will let you know if there is any difference.

[svetlozar.draganov]

OK, with SP3 it crashed with error // Maya exited with status 210.
Here is the complete log file, we'll investigate what's going on here.
http://ftp.chaosgroup.com/support/sc...derLog_001.txt

[svetlozar.draganov]

OK, this actually looks like Maya issue since the same thing happens with Maya Software renderer.
Would you please test into your environment whether it works fine it other render engines?

[snivlem]

Thanks for confirming.

This is so autodesk.

I exclusively use V-Ray so I can't test any other renders.

I've logged a bug with them. Could Chaos Group do the same? I think you guys would have a bit more weight with logging bugs than me. Hopefully can get fixed for 2018. Thanks!