[SOLVED] Application Plug-in | Maya 2017 – Arnold Render Engine

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  • Eric
    31st August 2018 at 1:57 am #17127

    Hi,

    I’m trying to get the application plug-in to work under Maya 2017; however, I can’t seem to get the actual dispatcher tab to show up so I can fill in the information.

    For testing, I downloaded the application plug-in and put it in a folder: “/Users/testing/Desktop/MusterControlPanel/”.

    The folder has the content:

    -rwxr-xr-x@  1 testing  AD\Domain Users  245804 Apr 10 15:52 MayaMuster9.py
drwxr-xr-x@  3 testing  AD\Domain Users     102 Feb 20  2018 icons
-rwxr-xr-x@  1 testing  AD\Domain Users     760 Jan 19  2018 readme.txt

    In Maya, I’m testing the commands in the instruction in the Script Editor. I use the following:

    import MayaMuster9
import sys
sys.path.append("/Users/testing/Desktop/MusterControlPanel/")
MayaMuster9.submitToMuster()

    As soon as I execute the script I get the following errors:

    Submit to Muster
The specified folder does not contain a valid Muster/mrtool installation! Be sure to reconfigure the path to mrtool in the Dispatcher tab and save settings

    Maya 2017 no longer comes with the Mental Ray engine if that’s what mrtool is referring to. Maya 2017 now comes with the Arnold render engine.

    After clicking the Close button I then get:

    Submit to Muster
Failed to start mrtool, please check the Muster installation path field!

    Followed by this in the Script Editor window:

    import MayaMuster9
import sys
sys.path.append("/Users/esisneros/Desktop/MusterControlPanel/")
MayaMuster9.submitToMuster()
# Error: line 1: TypeError: file /Applications/Autodesk/maya2017/MayaMuster9.py line 2161: 'NoneType' object is not iterable #

    Now the odd part is that ‘/Applications/Autodesk/maya2017/MayaMuster9.py’ no longer exists. I’ve removed it from the PATH environment variable but it’s still being referenced in the Script Editor.

    Any tips?

    Thanks.

    Leonardo Bernardini
    1st September 2018 at 2:04 pm #17128

    no it is not referencing mental ray, mrtool is the muster command line tool to submit job that the Maya integrated plugin refer to.

    About your issue, it’s clear that you still have an old script referencing around, so please double check that there’s no /Applications/Autodesk/maya2017/MayaMuster9.py and then restart maya.

    Also, to avoid the problems in startup, depending on your muster version (8 or 9), define a MUSTER or MUSTER9 environmental variable in the maya.env (MUSTER9=/Applications/Muster9/Contents for mac) that you find into your home dir/maya/2017/maya.env , then restart maya.
    In that way, the connector should immediately find the Muster installation folder and start correctly

    Eric
    3rd September 2018 at 4:39 pm #17130

    Hi Leonardo,

    I’ve defined the MUSTER9 environment variable. Maya does see the env reference. I purged my Maya installation and started again. However, I’m still getting the error shown:

    The specified folder does not contain a valid Muster/mrtool installation! Be sure to reconfigure the path to mrtool in the Dispatcher tab and save settings

    I looked at your Python script and found that it’s looking for a file named ‘mrtool.bin’ under the _getMrtool method. This file isn’t included in the ‘Universal integrated connector for Autodesk Maya 2009+’. Is the file located in a different download?

    Thanks,

    Eric

    Eric
    3rd September 2018 at 4:55 pm #17131

    I downloaded the SDK to try to compile the mrtool, but the SDK is missing the framework header.

    
make
g++ -I../includes -L/usr/local/muster8 -lMClientLib -lMBase -lMTemplate -lMFramework *.cpp -o ./mrtool
In file included from consoleout.cpp:21:
In file included from ./utils.h:23:
In file included from ../includes/MClientLib/MClientLib.h:34:
In file included from ../includes/MClientLib/MJob.h:49:
../includes/MClientLib/MMFGroup.h:46:10: fatal error: 'MFramework/framework.h' file not found
#include "MFramework/framework.h"
         ^
1 error generated.
In file included from mrgetopt.cpp:19:
In file included from ../includes/MTemplate/MManager.h:48:
../includes/MClientLib/MProcess.h:54:10: error: unknown type name 'pid_t'
        typedef pid_t MPid;
                ^
In file included from mrgetopt.cpp:19:
In file included from ../includes/MTemplate/MManager.h:50:
In file included from ../includes/MClientLib/MJob.h:49:
../includes/MClientLib/MMFGroup.h:46:10: fatal error: 'MFramework/framework.h' file not found
#include "MFramework/framework.h"
         ^
2 errors generated.
In file included from mrtool.cpp:19:
In file included from ../includes/MTemplate/MManager.h:48:
../includes/MClientLib/MProcess.h:54:10: error: unknown type name 'pid_t'
        typedef pid_t MPid;
                ^
In file included from mrtool.cpp:19:
In file included from ../includes/MTemplate/MManager.h:50:
In file included from ../includes/MClientLib/MJob.h:49:
../includes/MClientLib/MMFGroup.h:46:10: fatal error: 'MFramework/framework.h' file not found
#include "MFramework/framework.h"
         ^
2 errors generated.
In file included from net.cpp:19:
In file included from ./utils.h:23:
In file included from ../includes/MClientLib/MClientLib.h:34:
In file included from ../includes/MClientLib/MJob.h:49:
../includes/MClientLib/MMFGroup.h:46:10: fatal error: 'MFramework/framework.h' file not found
#include "MFramework/framework.h"
         ^
1 error generated.
In file included from utils.cpp:19:
In file included from ./utils.h:23:
In file included from ../includes/MClientLib/MClientLib.h:34:
In file included from ../includes/MClientLib/MJob.h:49:
../includes/MClientLib/MMFGroup.h:46:10: fatal error: 'MFramework/framework.h' file not found
#include "MFramework/framework.h"
    Eric
    3rd September 2018 at 5:04 pm #17132

    Hehe. Well I didn’t know I needed to have the Muster9 application installed on the clients. I found the mrtool binary in there. Disregard the two previous posts until I had time to test it.

    Thanks,

    Eric

    Leonardo Bernardini
    4th September 2018 at 10:09 am #17134

    Yes, indeed you do not need to rebuild mrtool by yourself, it’s part of the standard distribution.
    By the way, I’ll take a look at the SDK compilation because you should be able to build it by yourself and you should not have missing dependancies, thanks for pointing this out.

    Have a great day!

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