http://www.vvertex.com/forum/index.php Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:15:41 +0200 Phorum 5.2.11 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,882,909#msg-909 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,882,909#msg-909
I misunderstood the function of the 'force logout' shutdown policy resulting in a misconfiguration of the client.

Thanks!
Dan]]> dantastic Muster usage Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:30:29 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,880,908#msg-908 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,880,908#msg-908 admin Muster usage Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:00:36 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,798,907#msg-907 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,798,907#msg-907
The muster files called "muster" or "muster.db" and "muster_history" or "muster_history.db" and sqlite based database. You can open them using the sqlite command line or whatever wrapper you like.]]> admin Muster usage Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:59:37 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,879,906#msg-906 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,879,906#msg-906
I mean if your file is called myverynicejob.mb and your files are stored always as myverynicejob.# , you can easily derive the final frame name...]]> admin Muster usage Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:20:53 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,857,905#msg-905 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,857,905#msg-905 admin Muster usage Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:18:04 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,794,904#msg-904 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,794,904#msg-904
If you get in touch with us directly, I may provide the protocol details and/or the sources of mrtool for tweaking]]> admin Muster usage Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:17:10 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,791,903#msg-903 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,791,903#msg-903
SET SUBFRAME_ADVANCING_STRING ".*(rendering statistics).*"
SET SUBFRAME_PROGRESS_STRING ".*progr:\\s*(.*)\\%\\s*rendered on.*"

The subframe_advacing captures the end of a frame, the progress string , the progress ;)]]> admin Muster usage Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:15:30 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,785,902#msg-902 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,785,902#msg-902 admin Muster usage Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:13:31 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?17,781,901#msg-901 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?17,781,901#msg-901 admin Enhancements Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:10:48 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?18,788,900#msg-900 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?18,788,900#msg-900 admin Installation Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:09:02 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?18,797,899#msg-899 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?18,797,899#msg-899
Try to run Muster with a local batch render command, after logging in using the same account of Muster and watch if it works. You may need to initialize something on a user level...or you may miss some system-wide environemntal variable.]]> admin Installation Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:08:05 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?18,789,898#msg-898 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?18,789,898#msg-898 admin Installation Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:06:43 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?20,875,897#msg-897 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?20,875,897#msg-897 admin Templates Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:05:24 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?4,792,896#msg-896 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?4,792,896#msg-896 About 3d Studio Max, you have a permissione error. Double check the scene name and the user assigned to the service and its permissions]]> admin Installation Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:03:36 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?12,787,895#msg-895 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?12,787,895#msg-895 admin Linux Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:01:09 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?13,654,894#msg-894 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?13,654,894#msg-894 admin Mac OS X Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:59:40 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?11,818,893#msg-893 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?11,818,893#msg-893
The local device name is already in use.

That means you already have S mapped somewhere else. This may happen if you have automatically map activated and your jobs still embeds a path different from the one you configured statically !]]> admin Windows Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:57:45 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,882,882#msg-882 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,882,882#msg-882
Not sure if I'm understanding the operation/function of the 'force logout' shutdown policy because although the node does logout as configured (either by date/time or idle status), the user is unable to log back in. When entering a valid username/password, Windows starts to login and then immediately logs them out- a system restart is required to log back in.

All of our clients automatically login so I'd like to force a logout after 30 minutes of inactivity. Any suggestions on how best to configure my clients accordingly?

Thanks,
Dan
dembry@aii.edu]]> dantastic Muster usage Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:53:04 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,739,881#msg-881 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,739,881#msg-881 Please give me the solution that what should I do.]]> nilupadhi Muster usage Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:50:27 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,880,880#msg-880 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,880,880#msg-880 please suggest me what is the problem & what should i do.

[muster] process terminated with the following exit code:3

Error rendering frame 10: output path"\\venus\octonauts\render_output\test\" for "\\venus\octonauts\render_output\test\test1\ch_diff.tga" could not be found.

[muster] process terminated with the following exit code:3]]> nilupadhi Muster usage Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:12:36 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,879,879#msg-879 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,879,879#msg-879
Cheers]]> Aaron Muster usage Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:05:00 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?20,875,875#msg-875 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?20,875,875#msg-875 gustavoeb Templates Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:50:40 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?13,654,860#msg-860 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?13,654,860#msg-860
All in all everything is working very well with 2 slaves currently. I can send jobs with the console just fine, however I can not seem to get the Maya connector plugin to work properly. I've read the setup page on p114 of the Muster 6.0.4 User Manual. I set up my Maya.env to be for Maya only at first.

Running MacOs 10.6.4 and Maya 2011x64

per these instructions:
[download.autodesk.com]

In this file:
/Users/hour6/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2011-x64/Maya.env

with these permissions:
-rw-r--r-- 1 hour6 staff 56 Aug 18 14:32 Maya.env

I added this line:
MUSTER = /Volumes/MYDRIVE/Applications/Muster/Contents/

Restarted Maya then in MEL command line tried:
loadNewShelf "shelf_Muster.mel";

and got:
// Error: File not found. Invalid name or script not along script path. //

I assumed the ENV var wasn't working properly so I tried:
getenv("MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH");

and got:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
getenv("MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH");
// MYDRIVEPATHSTUFF/mel:/Users/MYUSER/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2011-x64/scripts:/Users/hour6/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/scripts:/Users/hour6/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2011-x64/presets:/Users/Shared/Autodesk/maya/2011/scripts:/Users/Shared/Autodesk/maya/scripts:/Users/hour6/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2011-x64/prefs/shelves:/Users/hour6/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2011-x64/prefs/markingMenus:/Users/hour6/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2011-x64/prefs/scripts:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/startup:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/others:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/AETemplates:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/unsupported:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/paintEffects:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/fluidEffects:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/hair:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/cloth:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/live:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/fur:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/muscle:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/FBX:/Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/mayaHIK //
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

None of which had the Muster path.
I also tried adding the lines
MUSTER = /Volumes/MYDRIVE/Applications/Muster/Contents
MUSTER = /Volumes/MYDRIVE/Applications/Muster/Contents/mrtool
MUSTER = /Applications/Muster/Contents/

None showed up in get env and were reporting the same error.

So i tried to add it to the OS ENV Var instead.

create this file:
/Users/MYUSER/.MacOSX/environment.plist

add:
MUSTER = "/Applications/Muster/Contents/";

and same errors in Maya after restart
also tried:
MUSTER = "/Applications/Muster/Contents/mtool";
MUSTER = "Volumes/MYDRIVE/Applications/Muster/Contents/";

I added the shelf using the full path to the shelf file instead, and the icons and script references sort of worked when i clicked them.

but... then i tried to source mel.
source "MusterConnector.mel"

and got:
// Error: source "MusterConnector.mel"; //
// Error: Cannot find file "MusterConnector.mel" for source statement. //

I looked everywhere for the file MusterConector.mel file and couldn't find a trace of it. I also installed the windows version and tried to look for it in there to copy it over and couldn't find anything.

I tried to run it anyway and.
it keeps giving me the check textures error
so under the images tab I hit reload textures and it pulls up my textures just fine. In the texture Image name in Maya they are relatively linked..
Then I hit conform texture and get this error:
// Error: Object 'MS_OutputText' not found. //

I assume its because the MusterConnector.mel was not sourced since the environment var doesnt seem to be properly set up.

My hardware setup is as follows:
MacBook Pro 17 8GB Ram Solid state drive for the master dispatcher.
2 macpro 8 core machines for slaves 10.6.
dual G5 MacOs 10.5.8 as fileserver]]> hour6 Mac OS X Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:35:44 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,857,857#msg-857 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?19,857,857#msg-857 I have installed the demo but I can only see Vray for Maya and not the standalone which is what we need.

Many thanks]]> stezza Muster usage Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:31:02 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?11,818,818#msg-818 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?11,818,818#msg-818
Error mapping drive S: to \\10.8.149.6\a. Error code 85

This is a bit weird because I can manually map this drive. It's also strange, because it worked some time ago - now it stopped.
This problem only occurs under Windows 7. Windows XP works ok.
Has anyone had a similar problem?]]> tomekp1981 Windows Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:06:17 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,809,809#msg-809 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,809,809#msg-809 I need to submit my Render Passes to render .mi files.

(Maya 2008-11, WinXP)

Thanks,
--- Shaun]]> shaunchap Muster usage Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:17:42 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,798,798#msg-798 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,798,798#msg-798
my question was not raised as a search disclosed. In order to get a clou how much every frame of our production took to render my task is to sum up the rendering times. As far as I can see a job's chunk details can not be used via copy/paste. How else can I gather the rendering times per frame let's say via copy/paste into Excel? Is there a way to read out the database which is driving Muster? If so, can someone tell me how?

With best regards,

Sebastian]]> RabbixVFX Muster usage Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:43:46 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?18,797,797#msg-797 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?18,797,797#msg-797
As I said, the machines are licensed to run Maya, and MR for Maya runs fine on them, but the jobs die when submitted by Muster. Unfortnately, no more useful log is being generated - see below -- that I can pick apart. Any idea what would cause the chunk to die at this stage of the render? I suspect network permissions, firewall, etc., but can't sort out what's causing it.

Thanks.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>

File read in 9 seconds.
Warning: Fluid initial state cache file 'quadro_fermi_WMFG_v08.mb_fluidShape3.mcfi' not found
Warning: This file contains an uncached fluid; rewind and playback to see correct current state.
Result: R:/swagstaff/2010_Quadro_Fermi_KV/scenes/quadro_fermi_WMFG_v08.mb
Warning: Found camera shotCamShape.
Error: particle1: Object not found for -object flag.
Error: particle1: Object not found for -object flag.
initMPS with licenseOption

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>]]> swagstaff Installation Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:44:53 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,796,796#msg-796 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?5,796,796#msg-796 (Sorry to repost, but I think I originally posted to the wrong list.)

I'm new to Muster and need help setting it up so I can submit render layers from Maya 2008.
The steps I've read have been a bit hard to follow, particularly because I have to figure out how things work without admin rights (IT dep't within a corporation).
Is there a step-by-step guide somewhere that includes a submit script and all the installation details necessary to get this to work somewhere?

Specific questions:
Do I need to reinstall Muster to incorporate Maya (Muster is installed currently but with no integration with Maya).
Is there a Mel script/plugin available for submitting jobs?
Can I submit MR .mi files using a mel submit script?

(Maya 2008, Muster 5.5.8)

Thanks tons in advance...
--- Shaun]]> shaunchap Muster usage Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:42:34 +0200 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?4,795,795#msg-795 http://www.vvertex.com/forum/read.php?4,795,795#msg-795
I'm new to Muster and need help setting it up so I can submit render layers from Maya 2008.
The steps I've read have been a bit hard to follow, particularly because I have to figure out how things work without admin rights (IT dep't within a corporation).
Is there a step-by-step guide somewhere that includes a submit script and all the installation details necessary to get this to work somewhere?

Specific questions:
Do I need to reinstall Muster to incorporate Maya (Muster is installed currently but with no integration with Maya).
Is there a Mel script/plugin available for submitting jobs?
Can I submit MR .mi files using a mel submit script?

(Maya 2008, Muster 5.5.8)

Thanks tons in advance...
--- Shaun]]> shaunchap Installation Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:03:17 +0200