[deri]

Hi Folks
I'm trying to batch render a scene out in Mental Ray and it keeps crashing becuase it's looking for Mayall files and elements (log file from batch attempt attached at end). The Mayall / Maxwell setup seems to be working fine - no probs rendering in Maxwell, but I can't unload the plugin without Maya crashing - it tells me that I have Maxwell elements in the file when I don't.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Deri

5/28/2005
Maya (R), Version 6.0, 200404092210
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mental ray for Maya 6
mental ray: version 3.3.1, 12 Mar 2004

Registering Mayall Plug-In (Version: 0.8.4(Beta)) ...
MXS Translator loaded
Maxwell Globals loaded
Maxwell Environment loaded
Mayall Commands loaded
Maxwell Materials loaded
Maxwell Objects loaded
Mayall Tools loaded
***** Error: line 1: file: c:/mayall/mayallStartup.mel line 402: Cannot find procedure "setCurrentRenderer".
Error initializating Mayall, check your installation
***** Error: file: C:/Program Files/Alias/Maya6.0/scripts/startup/autoLoadPlugin.mel line 37: initializePlugin function failed (mayall_maya60)
Result:

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[deri]

Well if you try to unload the plugin you should get a dialogue box pop-up stating the problem that may occur and if i remember correctly it asks if you want to go ahead or not. Simply do not unload it. Leaving it loaded those not affect Mental Ray, may i ask why you want to unload it? As for why this occurs it must be a bug in the plugin.

Thanks for the quick replies - you do indeed get a pop up as you say. The reason I want to unload it is to see if I could get my Mental Ray batch rendering working again.... as it appears that Maxwell is possibly the cause of the problem. Using the "force" button makes Maya crash though.

8etty - thanks for that - unloaded Maxwell as you said and everything Mental Ray Batch rendering wise is working properly again.

So, it appears that having Mayall loaded stops batch rendering from working and the "force unload" of Mayall makes Maya crash. Is this a bug or just settings on my copy of Maya? Anybody reproduce it?
Thanks again
Deri