[Closed] Script Controller Not Evaluating on Render

I’ve also run into situations where, for one reason or another, a script controller or pre-render script wouldn’t update correctly at render time, but would work fine rendering one frame at a time or scrubbing the timeline. So my solution, and I’m not saying it the best way to do this, was to write a simple script to render a frame, move the time slider forward one frame, render again, and so on. It’s totally brute force and if you find a more elegant way to get your script controller working then use it. But this method will definitely work in a pinch.

Here’s the script I use:

fn zeroPad num = (
  	local n = num as string
  	if num >= 0 and num < 10 then ("000" + n)
  	else if num > 9 and num < 100 then ("00" + n)
  	else if num > 99 and num < 1000 then ("0" +  n)
  	else n
  	)
  
  renderSceneDialog.commit()
  if rendOutputFilename == "" then messagebox "Specificy a file name in the Render Output section of the Render dialog box."
  else (
  	totalFrames = ((animationRange.end - animationRange.start) as integer) * framerate / 4800
  	escapeEnable = true
  	progressStart "Rendering..."
  	for i = animationRange.start to animationRange.end do (
  		sliderTime = i
  		n = zeroPad (i as integer / 160)
 		render vfb:false outputFile:((getFilenamePath rendOutputFilename) + (getFilenameFile rendOutputFilename) + n + (getFilenameType rendOutputFilename))
  		progressUpdate (100.0 * i / totalFrames )
  		if getProgressCancel() do exit
  		)
  	progressEnd()
  	)

Just set the output path in the render dialog like you normally would, , as well as start and end range of the time slider, and then run the script.

Hi

JHaywood

Thanks for that hint. I will give it a try. This problem appears to be stuck in this Scene and I cannot at the moment reproduce it and I cant release the original. If I can get a simple version of this working I will post it.

Thanks for your help guys. I will try the force approach and see how it works.

H