Maya Batch Render Problem

#1

Hi All,

I’m running Maya 2013 on Mac OS. Never had this problem before - I’ve batch rendered many scenes just fine.

For some reason, when I try and render my fire scene (just an emitter, container, and light) I get nothing. It stalls, and the command prompt doesn’t read any errors.

EXCEPT it prints:

getParticleCount();
// Result: 0 0//

Also, my fluid is cached.

What the heck is going on? :banghead:

-Colby

#2

Hey,

So I’ve narrowed the problem down.

I deleted my preferences folder (saving my scripts and shelves!) and restarted maya. Tried batch rendering a scene, it just stalls - but no more “gerParticleCount” messages.

BUT it now prints an error when opening a new scene:

//Error: line 1: Cannot find procedure “updateBatchRenderOptionsWindow”.

What is this madness?

  • Colby
#3

UPDATE:

Oddly the error no longer exists.

HOWEVER, now I just get nothing. Batch stalls without rendering a single frame. Attached it a log of what’s going on.

#4

Guys,
come on, no one knows?
This is ridiculous, every time I batch render - I get an error and Maya says it needs to quit, yet it remains fully functional.
And of course the batch didn’t work!

So frustrating…

Help,
Colby :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

#5

It is imperative this gets resolved ASAP. Otherwise I wouldn’t be franticly posting, trying to fix this issue.

I’ve:

deleted my preferences folder
renamed the projects folder in my documents
unloading the mental ray plugin, restarting maya, reloading
search countless other threads for answers

Nothing. Maya thinks it needs to crash every time I try and batch render.

PLEASE help - ANY thoughts at all would be nice.

Colby

#6

Now I’m thinking it’s a problem with Mavericks.
Never had a problem before, but recently I updated my OS (not by choice…) and am now seeing this issue.

Anyone else having this problem? Is anyone even out there? Am I alone on this forum?

#mayaproblems

#7

Maven-Colby, did you ever get this problem resolved? I’m having the same problem, and not having any luck finding a solution.

Thanks,
BG

#8

Hey SmooBG,

Yes I did figure out the problem! It was because Maya 2013 wasn’t compatible with Mac OSX Mavericks. I spent a long while with Autodesk support, who were REALLY helpful, and we figured out that my version wasn’t fully supported with the OS.

So I had to go to the Apple store and revert my computer to the previous OS (after backing all my files up of course !).

What OS are you running / which version of Maya?

  • Colby
#9

Thanks for your reply, Colby. Yeah, I’m running OSX Mavericks with Maya 2013. How big of a deal was it to roll the OS back? Did the Apple store charge you to do that? How long did it take? It’s pretty lame that Mavericks and Maya 2013 don’t work together.

Thanks!
Brad

#10

Nah it was no problem at all. Apple charged nothing for it - it took just under an hour. It probably took longer to back up all my files. Make sure you have an external hard drive to put everything on. Also double check you have the serial numbers / product keys for all your applications so you can easily reinstall them.

Let me know how it goes!

Colby

#11

Try using a render view rendering script.

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/batch-render-view

Cheers!