Maya doesnt want to render!

[mindsample]

you are not really providing much to work with, you should have a look at the log file and see when exactly maya crashes, this should be pointing you into the right direction.

one step I always take is to SELECT ALL and EXPORT it into a new scene. It often magically fixes weird problems.

[Tombigbee]

wow.....export everything...that might take while..phew...
BUT i am going to give it a go
i didnt actually think about that
NOOOOO whats happening to my brain
think brain think
ummm.... ok ye my log file says theres loads of problems with the ik i think, hehe
but that shouldnt stop it from rendering should it?
should i maybe copy everything in here?
i think that it might be a memory problem but i have 2 gigs memory wich should suffice i think
thanks mindsample, i will try exporting it, and then see what happens..
be back in a few minutes ;)

[Tombigbee]

ok
it didnt work
i tried to export it all
but nope
its still the same problem
i used the export all function!
what do i do now
i downoaded the mel script xframe...and thought i should try to use that
but i just need to do that...hmm...er....yes
any suggestions?

[anthonymcgrath]

Yeah I've had a similar problem. Try selecting the camera from which you want to render. In the output settings drop down menu make sure its switched to renderable. it sometimes switches itself off in your scene and when you come to render it just sits back and tells you its finished!
failing that the export all should work when you import it into a new scene

[Tombigbee]

YIPEEEEEE!

you guys are the BEST
if you were here in london i would buy you all a drink :)
vodka on the house
if you are let me know then i will buy you one ;) hehe
i tried exporting it in different ways...
i exported it just with the standard export selected and it worked!
i have NO idea why it did that!
but its working now
it seems to be rendering, phew
i thought i was going dumb and missing somehting
why does maya do that?
is that quite a common behavior for the software?
should i always approach these odd problems with the same logic... ie. export to new scene?
anyway, thank you so much guys.
thanks so much for your support!
by the way...
my camera was set to renderable..
i checked every possible thing that could go wrong..and everything was fine...
so i think that its pretty strange that the software just went haywire...
:)

[mindsample]

scenes get corrupted, nodes become orphans, things happen that cause errors. It is always a good idea to optimize the scene from time to time to minimize the risk of these things clogging up the scene.. Glad it worked.

[Tombigbee]

hey dude

yeah....
its pretty cool that it worked
i often optimise the scene
i often try to delete what is unnecesarry
and use the nifty scene optimise function
but i have never exported a scene ever!
so its a pretty good idea i think!
and maybe its a good habit to have
i suppose that i corrupted the file with my wickedness
mwuhahahah
just kidding
thanks dude

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