I've been having trouble rendering a fairly large scene (3200+ frames) with a lot of stand-ins to keep things running smoothly. Usually, when I try to run a batch render, it renders one frame successfully, and then crashes at the next frame. I tried about 10 or so times in a row, each successive frame crashing. Then it suddenly managed to render in sequence without issue, so I left it alone until it got to around frame 3000, where it crashed once again. Now I'm having trouble getting it to start, since like before, it crashes after one successful frame. I'm really confused since the issue seems to be unpredictable; it had a good streak but I aven't been able to batch render since. The log, however, seems to give the same error, like this:
10/17/2020 Starting "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\bin\mayabatch.exe" Initialized VP2.0 renderer { Version : 2016.11.35.12. Feature Level 5. Adapter : GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 Vendor ID: 4318. Device ID : 7812 Driver : . API : OpenGL V.4.6. Max texture size : 16384 * 16384. Max tex coords : 32 Shader versions supported (Vertex: 5, Geometry: 5, Pixel 5). Shader compiler profile : (Best card profile) Active stereo support available : 0 GPU Memory Limit : 8192 MB. CPU Memory Limit: 15450.5 MB. } OpenCL evaluator is attempting to initialize OpenCL. Detected 1 OpenCL Platforms: 0: NVIDIA Corporation. NVIDIA CUDA. OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.0.140. Supported extensions: cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_icd cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_nv_compiler_options cl_nv_device_attribute_query cl_nv_pragma_unroll cl_nv_d3d10_sharing cl_khr_d3d10_sharing cl_nv_d3d11_sharing cl_nv_copy_opts cl_nv_create_buffer cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics OpenCL evaluator choosing OpenCL platform NVIDIA Corporation. OpenCL evaluator is unable to find a GPU device that can share VBOs with OpenGL. pymel.core : INFO : Updating pymel with pre-loaded plugins: invertShape, mayaHIK, GamePipeline, CloudImportExport, curveWarp, tiffFloatReader, MASH, poseInterpolator, bifrostvisplugin, ATFPlugin, hairPhysicalShader, ikSpringSolver, ik2Bsolver, xgenToolkit, AbcExport, retargeterNodes, VectorRender, gameFbxExporter, renderSetup, OpenEXRLoader, lookdevKit, Unfold3D, Type, fbxmaya Warning: file: D:/Animation/Moto_Chase_Maya/scenes/Assembly_ManualPath_bakedCams__13544.ma line 12322095: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayItemsList'; preserving node information during this session. Warning: file: D:/Animation/Moto_Chase_Maya/scenes/Assembly_ManualPath_bakedCams__13544.ma line 12322097: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayGlobals'; preserving node information during this session. Warning: file: D:/Animation/Moto_Chase_Maya/scenes/Assembly_ManualPath_bakedCams__13544.ma line 12322099: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. Warning: file: D:/Animation/Moto_Chase_Maya/scenes/Assembly_ManualPath_bakedCams__13544.ma line 12322102: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayFramebuffer'; preserving node information during this session. Warning: line 1: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss. File read in 10.4 seconds. File read in 10.4 seconds. Result: D:/Animation/Moto_Chase_Maya/scenes/Assembly_ManualPath_bakedCams__13544.ma Warning: int $interactive = 1; // for Flag -interactive Warning: "C:\Users\RENDER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\ASTF40A16404.tmp" line 9.21 : Redeclaration of variable "$interactive" shadows previous declaration at line 7. Previous value will be overwritten by explicit initializer. 00:00:00 1287MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:00 1287MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:00 1287MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_names" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_names" 00:00:00 1287MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_min_memory_MB" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_min_memory_MB" 00:00:00 1296MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:00 1296MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:00 1296MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_names" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_names" 00:00:00 1296MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_min_memory_MB" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_min_memory_MB" libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile 00:00:04 1593MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:04 1593MB WARNING | [mtoa] Two drivers produced the same output path. AOV merging is only supported using a single driver node: "defaultArnoldDriver@driver_exr_denoise", "defaultArnoldDriver@driver_exr.RGBA" 00:00:04 1593MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_names" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_names" 00:00:04 1597MB WARNING | [polymesh] Line018Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:04 1597MB WARNING | [polymesh] Cylinder263Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:04 1597MB WARNING | [polymesh] Cylinder264Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:04 1597MB WARNING | [polymesh] Cylinder262Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:04 1597MB WARNING | [polymesh] Line019Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:00 1979MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:00 1979MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:00 1979MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_names" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_names" 00:00:00 1979MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_min_memory_MB" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_min_memory_MB" 00:00:00 1980MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:00 1980MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:00 1980MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_names" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_names" 00:00:00 1980MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_min_memory_MB" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_min_memory_MB" libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile 00:00:04 1946MB WARNING | [mtoa.ext] aiAOVDriver Found no translator named "maya" 00:00:04 1946MB WARNING | [mtoa] Two drivers produced the same output path. AOV merging is only supported using a single driver node: "defaultArnoldDriver@driver_exr_denoise", "defaultArnoldDriver@driver_exr.RGBA" 00:00:04 1946MB WARNING | options: parameter "default_gpu_names" is deprecated, use "gpu_default_names" 00:00:04 1957MB WARNING | [polymesh] Cylinder263Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:04 1957MB WARNING | [polymesh] Cylinder089Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:04 1957MB WARNING | [polymesh] Cylinder262Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:04 1957MB WARNING | [polymesh] Line018Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:04 1957MB WARNING | [polymesh] Cylinder264Shape: discarded 1 duplicate deformation keys 00:00:41 6189MB ERROR | signal caught: error C0000005 -- access violation **** * Arnold 5.2.0.1 [b9c11b0c] windows icc-17.0.2 oiio-1.7.17 osl-1.9.9 vdb-4.0.0 clm-1.0.3.513 rlm-12.4.2 2018/09/10 16:13:30 * CRASHED in AiMsgWarning at 00:00:00, pixel (1071, 392) * signal caught: error C0000005 -- access violation * * backtrace: * 0 0x00007fff2546925e [ai ] * 1 0x00007fff254684ff [ai ] * 2 0x00007fffa223117a [KERNELBASE] UnhandledExceptionFilter * 3 0x00007fffa5004b32 [ntdll ] memset * 4 0x00007fffa4fec6a6 [ntdll ] _C_specific_handler * 5 0x00007fffa500121f [ntdll ] _chkstk * 6 0x00007fffa4fca259 [ntdll ] RtlRaiseException * 7 0x00007fffa4fffe8e [ntdll ] KiUserExceptionDispatcher >> 8 0x00007fff26706b8f [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 9 0x00007fff25353453 [ai ] AiTextureHandleAccess * 10 0x00007fff25352afb [ai ] AiTextureHandleCreate * 11 0x00007fff25bb5a37 [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 12 0x00007fff25363544 [ai ] AiNodeParamClosure * 13 0x00007fff25375526 [ai ] AiShaderEvalParamFuncRGBA * 14 0x00007fff253a3556 [ai ] AiAOVSetRGBA * 15 0x00007fff25bb5a37 [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 16 0x00007fff25343d47 [ai ] AiFaceForward * 17 0x00007fff2521fb33 [ai ] AiShaderGlobalsEvaluateBump * 18 0x00007fff25343ad6 [ai ] AiNodeParamInt * 19 0x00007fff25bb5a37 [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 20 0x00007fff25363544 [ai ] AiNodeParamClosure * 21 0x00007fff2539c1f6 [ai ] AiShaderEvalParamFuncVec * 22 0x00007fff25371168 [ai ] AiArtisticToConductorFresnel * 23 0x00007fff25bb5a37 [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 24 0x00007fff25bb71d5 [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 25 0x00007fff2549709c [ai ] AiLightsTrace * 26 0x00007fff2549e949 [ai ] AiTrace * 27 0x00007fff25bcce61 [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 28 0x00007fff25431c91 [ai ] AiShaderGlobalsGetShader * 29 0x00007fff25b9faba [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 30 0x00007fff2543a00c [ai ] AiShaderGlobalsGetShader * 31 0x00007fff25bb7655 [ai ] AiMsgWarning * 32 0x00007fff2549bda1 [ai ] AiTrace * 33 0x00007fff2549dff5 [ai ] AiTrace * 34 0x00007fff253364fb [ai ] AiProfileUpdate * 35 0x00007fff25335b30 [ai ] AiProfileUpdate * 36 0x00007fff25335717 [ai ] AiProfileUpdate * 37 0x00007fff25331f84 [ai ] AiMsgTab * 38 0x00007fff253ae7da [ai ] AiClosureVolumeEmission * 39 0x00007fffa25810b2 [ucrtbase ] beginthreadex * 40 0x00007fffa3657c24 [KERNEL32 ] BaseThreadInitThunk * 41 0x00007fffa4fccea1 [ntdll ] RtlUserThreadStart * * loaded modules: * 0x00007fff251b0000 ai * 0x00007fffa2130000 KERNELBASE * 0x00007fffa4f60000 ntdll * 0x00007fffa2560000 ucrtbase * 0x00007fffa3640000 KERNEL32 **** Stack trace: ntdll.dll!RtlRaiseException ntdll.dll!KiUserExceptionDispatcher ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiTextureHandleAccess ai.dll!AiTextureHandleCreate ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiNodeParamClosure ai.dll!AiShaderEvalParamFuncRGBA ai.dll!AiAOVSetRGBA ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiFaceForward ai.dll!AiShaderGlobalsEvaluateBump ai.dll!AiNodeParamInt ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiNodeParamClosure ai.dll!AiShaderEvalParamFuncVec ai.dll!AiArtisticToConductorFresnel ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiLightsTrace ai.dll!AiTrace ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiShaderGlobalsGetShader ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiShaderGlobalsGetShader ai.dll!AiMsgWarning ai.dll!AiTrace ai.dll!AiTrace ai.dll!AiProfileUpdate ai.dll!AiProfileUpdate ai.dll!AiProfileUpdate ai.dll!AiMsgTab ai.dll!AiClosureVolumeEmission ucrtbase.dll!_beginthreadex KERNEL32.DLL!BaseThreadInitThunk ntdll.dll!RtlUserThreadStart Result: D:/Animation/Moto_Chase_Maya/scenes/Assembly_ManualPath_bakedCams__13544Assembly_ManualPath_bakedCams__13544.ma Fatal Error. Attempting to save in C:/Users/RENDER~1/AppData/Local/Temp/RenderCow.20201017.1441.ma // Maya exited with status -1073741819
I have had similar issues with other projects/scenes on this particular machine (Windows 10, Maya 2018, Threadripper 1950x) with large, complex scenes that had stand-ins. I'm not sure the problem is related to the stand-ins though, might just be a coincidence. Either way, any help figuring this out would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for including a log! I see you're using a two year old version of arnold:
Arnold 5.2.0.1 [b9c11b0c] windows icc-17.0.2 oiio-1.7.17 osl-1.9.9 vdb-4.0.0 clm-1.0.3.513 rlm-12.4.2 2018/09/10 16:13:30
I suggest you download a newer version of arnold/mtoa in case this is a bug that has since been fixed.
https://www.arnoldrenderer.com/arnold/download/