Batch rendering -with Maya ".bat" file not working

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Hello,

is there any other Vray software tool like a Render Slave, I need to activate?

I have this content in the .bat file (and tried different versions:
“C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\bin\Render.exe” Render -r vray -s 1055 -e 1056 -cam “Mov1” “E:\MAYA_folder\scenes\my-render-file”

The terminal window opens and closes after 2 seconds, that’s all…:wink:

Thanks,
Ben

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Try and add a new line at the end of your .bat and just write pause. This will prevent the terminal from auto-closing and you can see if there’s any messages from Maya.
At a first glance, I think you need to remove ‘Render’ after ‘Render.exe’. So this line should in theory work:
“C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\bin\Render.exe” -r vray -s 1055 -e 1056 -cam “Mov1” “E:\MAYA_folder\scenes\my-render-file”

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Thanks,
I removed “Render”, no success.
I tried “pause” but it just waits until I press a button.
There came no messages from Maya…

4

Just for sanity (not sure if upper or lower case matters) have you tried

“C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\bin\render.exe”

instead of

“C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\bin\Render.exe”

Also test it without the resolution override, and make sure you include the “.mb” at the end of your file name.

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Try this way, seems to me that Windows fails reading the Render.exe path because of the space between “Program” and “Files”

“%PROGRAMFILES%\Autodesk\Maya2018\bin\Render.exe” -r vray -s 1055 -e 1056 -cam “Mov1” “E:\MAYA_folder\scenes\my-render-file.mb”

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Thanks, then it gives me a path error. This is the exactly the file path, that I also get from the windows explorer.
I will make a simple test scene next week, maybe once also trying for comparison what maya2017 with the old vray is doing…

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There is a space in Render.e xe - the forum didn’t allow me to remove it for some reason?

Apart from that - the path is correct, but you might still need to escape spaces in Batch. It’s possible that you are missing some variables - what’s the output of the following in CMD set | findstr /B "ProgramFiles="
Should be ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files