Miarmy Linux Procedural dso update

[julianfitz]

Hi, first off I just want to say that we are very impressed with Miarmy! We have been using it on multiple projects here at MPC and it has been a blast. We recently updated Arnold and are now using mtoA 3.1.0.1 so our procedural dso is not working properly. Is there a new procedural dso that we could get to fix this? We are using Maya 2018 Linux CentOS 7, Miarmy 6.2.15, Arnold Core 5.2.0.1 and MtoA 3.1.0.1. Thanks for your help and again thanks for all the hard work put into Miarmy!

[Yeah YANG]

Hello Julianfitz,

Thank you for your testing
Hope you like our tool, and 6.7 and 7.0 will be released in this month and next.

The latest version of Miarmy Express includes the procedural program 3.0 and 3.1.

Also, I attached it here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1PvdkumsKne7NYZ3HpI-E0o2fmRlkEX3T/view?usp=sharing

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
-Yeah

[julianfitz]

Thank you for the link. So I tried the procedural dso for mtoa3.1.0 and I am getting erros ---

// Error: [ass] line 1974: man_body10_eye_casualGeoShape12.shader: unresolved reference to 'man01Eye_casualGeoSG1' //
// Error: [ass] line 1845: man_Trousers01_casualGeoShape12.shader: unresolved reference to 'man03Trousers_casualGeoSG1' //
// Error: [ass] line 1716: woman_body04_locoGeoShape11.shader: unresolved reference to 'woman5Body_casualGeo1SG' //
// Error: [ass] line 2060: man_body10_body_casualGeoShape12.shader: unresolved reference to 'lambert66SG' //
// Error: [ass] line 1802: woman_hair03_locoGeoShape11.shader: unresolved reference to 'woman5Hair_casualGeo1SG1' //

I put the procedural path into the miarmy render settings under Arnold Procedural DSO folder and also under the system tab in arnold settings "plugin search path"

Any idea of what may be causing the problem?

[Yeah YANG]

Hello Julianfitz,

Your setup seems correct.
So I guess the mtoa3.1 (Arnold 5.2) need a newer version of Miarmy plugin export or use your current version re-export the .ass files.
Because mtoa3.0 and previous version the Arnold ass need SG node names while mtoa3.1 need shader node names in the render .ass file.

Would you please re-export 1 frame and check the exported .ass file and see whether the shader use the shader name or SG name?

Also, would you please let us know your Miarmy version and let's do some tests.

cheers,
-Yeah

Oct 24, 2018 14:08:29 GMT -5 julianfitz said:

Thank you for the link. So I tried the procedural dso for mtoa3.1.0 and I am getting erros ---

// Error: [ass] line 1974: man_body10_eye_casualGeoShape12.shader: unresolved reference to 'man01Eye_casualGeoSG1' //
// Error: [ass] line 1845: man_Trousers01_casualGeoShape12.shader: unresolved reference to 'man03Trousers_casualGeoSG1' //
// Error: [ass] line 1716: woman_body04_locoGeoShape11.shader: unresolved reference to 'woman5Body_casualGeo1SG' //
// Error: [ass] line 2060: man_body10_body_casualGeoShape12.shader: unresolved reference to 'lambert66SG' //
// Error: [ass] line 1802: woman_hair03_locoGeoShape11.shader: unresolved reference to 'woman5Hair_casualGeo1SG1' //

I put the procedural path into the miarmy render settings under Arnold Procedural DSO folder and also under the system tab in arnold settings "plugin search path"

Any idea of what may be causing the problem?

[julianfitz]

Sorry for the late response. So I did a new scene and put on a "test" shader for the miarmy agents. I named the Shader Test_MAT and the shading group is TestSG. I get this error when rendering the arnold standin -

// Error: [ass] line 2318: woman_hair04_locoGeoShape14.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //
// Error: [ass] line 2232: woman_Cloth06up_locoGeoShape14.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //
// Error: [ass] line 1329: man_Shoes_casualGeoShape8.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //
// Error: [ass] line 1243: man_body03_casualGeoShape7.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //
// Error: [ass] line 2103: man_Cloth02_casualGeoShape13.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //

I opened the aishader.ass that was produced and this is what it says -

### exported: Tue Oct 30 10:12:27 2018
### from: Arnold 5.2.0.1 [b9c11b0c] linux clang-5.0.0 oiio-1.7.17 osl-1.9.9 vdb-4.0.0 clm-1.0.3.513 rlm-12.4.2 2018/09/10 14:50:49
### host app: MtoA 3.1.0.1 d2443247 (master) Maya 2018
### user: julian-f
### render_layer: defaultRenderLayer
### scene: /jobs/mpc3DAssets/miarmy/crowd010/maya/scenes/lighting/julian-f/crowd010_lighting_Test_v2.ma



standard_surface
{
name Test_MAT
}

standard_surface
{
name chromeBall_MAT
base 1
specular_color chrome_complex_fresnel
specular_roughness 0
specular_anisotropy 0.5
metalness 1
coat_IOR 1
}

Miarmy version 6.2.15

Let me know if this helps

[Yeah YANG]

Hello julianfitz,

I guess your Miarmy version not support the 5.2.
Let me send you a new one to your email box.

Cheers,
-Yeah

Oct 30, 2018 12:18:47 GMT -5 julianfitz said:

Sorry for the late response. So I did a new scene and put on a "test" shader for the miarmy agents. I named the Shader Test_MAT and the shading group is TestSG. I get this error when rendering the arnold standin -

// Error: [ass] line 2318: woman_hair04_locoGeoShape14.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //
// Error: [ass] line 2232: woman_Cloth06up_locoGeoShape14.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //
// Error: [ass] line 1329: man_Shoes_casualGeoShape8.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //
// Error: [ass] line 1243: man_body03_casualGeoShape7.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //
// Error: [ass] line 2103: man_Cloth02_casualGeoShape13.shader: unresolved reference to 'TestSG' //

I opened the aishader.ass that was produced and this is what it says -

### exported: Tue Oct 30 10:12:27 2018
### from: Arnold 5.2.0.1 [b9c11b0c] linux clang-5.0.0 oiio-1.7.17 osl-1.9.9 vdb-4.0.0 clm-1.0.3.513 rlm-12.4.2 2018/09/10 14:50:49
### host app: MtoA 3.1.0.1 d2443247 (master) Maya 2018
### user: julian-f
### render_layer: defaultRenderLayer
### scene: /jobs/mpc3DAssets/miarmy/crowd010/maya/scenes/lighting/julian-f/crowd010_lighting_Test_v2.ma



standard_surface
{
name Test_MAT
}

standard_surface
{
name chromeBall_MAT
base 1
specular_color chrome_complex_fresnel
specular_roughness 0
specular_anisotropy 0.5
metalness 1
coat_IOR 1
}

Miarmy version 6.2.15

Let me know if this helps

[julianfitz]

The new version you sent me works perfectly with mtoa 3.1 dso. Thanks again for getting this to us so quickly. Much appreciated!

[Yeah YANG]

Thank you for your update!
Please let us know if there is anything need help.

Cheers,
-Yeah

Nov 5, 2018 13:05:10 GMT -5 julianfitz said:

The new version you sent me works perfectly with mtoa 3.1 dso. Thanks again for getting this to us so quickly. Much appreciated!