add "additionalFlags" field and template parameter for arnold

azure_batch_maya/modules/arnold_renderer.py

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class ArnoldRenderJob(AzureBatchRenderJob):
         self.start = self.display_int("Start frame:   ", self.start_frame, edit=True)
         self.end = self.display_int("End frame:   ", self.end_frame, edit=True)
         self.step = self.display_int("Frame step:   ", self.frame_step, edit=True)
+        self.additional_flags_field = self.display_string("Additional flags:   ", self.additional_flags, edit=True)
 
         try:
             log_level = cmds.getAttr("defaultArnoldRenderOptions.log_verbosity")
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ class ArnoldRenderJob(AzureBatchRenderJob):
     def render_enabled(self):
         return True
 
+    @property
+    def additional_flags(self):
+        return str_type(" ")
+
     def get_jobdata(self):
         if self.scene_name == '':
             raise ValueError("Current Maya scene has not been saved to disk.")
@@ -95,6 +100,12 @@ class ArnoldRenderJob(AzureBatchRenderJob):
         params['frameStep'] = cmds.intField(self.step, query=True, value=True)
         params['renderer'] = self._renderer
         params['logLevel'] = int(cmds.optionMenu(self.logging, query=True, select=True)) - 1
+
+        #additionalFlags has to default to " " rather than an empty string, in order to be accepted by the template
+        additionalFlagsValue = str_type(cmds.textField(self.additional_flags_field, query=True, text=True))
+        if not additionalFlagsValue:
+            additionalFlagsValue = " "
+        params['additionalFlags'] = additionalFlagsValue
         return params
 
 

azure_batch_maya/templates/arnold-2017-windows.json

@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@
       "metadata": {
         "description": "SAS URL for input file group with read and list permissions"
       }
+    },
+    "additionalFlags": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "defaultValue": " ",
+      "metadata": {
+        "description": "Additional flags to pass to the maya executable on the cmd line"
+      }
     }
   },
   "jobPreparationTask": {
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@
     ],
     "repeatTask": {
       "displayName": "Frame {0}",
-      "commandLine": "subst X: \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\\assets\" & \"%MAYA_2017_EXEC%\" -renderer [parameters('renderer')] -proj \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\" -ai:ltc 1 -ai:lve [parameters('logLevel')] -verb -preRender renderPrep -rd \"%AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR%\\images\" -s {0} -e {0} \"[parameters('sceneFile')]\" & call \"%MAYA_2017%\\bin\\mayapy\" \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\\thumbnail.py\" %^errorlevel%",
+      "commandLine": "subst X: \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\\assets\" & \"%MAYA_2017_EXEC%\" -renderer [parameters('renderer')] -proj \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\" -ai:ltc 1 -ai:lve [parameters('logLevel')] [parameters('additionalFlags')] -verb -preRender renderPrep -rd \"%AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR%\\images\" -s {0} -e {0} \"[parameters('sceneFile')]\" & call \"%MAYA_2017%\\bin\\mayapy\" \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\\thumbnail.py\" %^errorlevel%",
       "environmentSettings": [
         {
           "name": "MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH",

azure_batch_maya/templates/arnold-2018-windows.json

@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@
       "metadata": {
         "description": "SAS URL for input file group with read and list permissions"
       }
+    },
+    "additionalFlags": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "defaultValue": " ",
+      "metadata": {
+        "description": "Additional flags to pass to the maya executable on the cmd line"
+      }
     }
   },
   "jobPreparationTask": {
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@
     ],
     "repeatTask": {
       "displayName": "Frame {0}",
-      "commandLine": "subst X: \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\\assets\" & \"%MAYA_2018_EXEC%\" -renderer [parameters('renderer')] -proj \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\" -ai:ltc 1 -ai:lve [parameters('logLevel')] [parameters('additionalFlags')] -verb -preRender renderPrep -rd \"%AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR%\\images\" -s {0} -e {0} \"[parameters('sceneFile')]\" & call \"C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\Maya2018\\bin\\mayapy\" \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\\thumbnail.py\" %^errorlevel%",
+      "commandLine": "mkdir \"%AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR%\\thumbs\" & mkdir \"%AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR%\\images\" & subst X: \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\\assets\" & \"%MAYA_2018_EXEC%\" -renderer [parameters('renderer')] -proj \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\" -ai:ltc 1 -ai:lve [parameters('logLevel')] [parameters('additionalFlags')] -verb -preRender renderPrep -rd \"%AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR%\\images\" -s {0} -e {0} \"[parameters('sceneFile')]\" & call \"C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\Maya2018\\bin\\mayapy\" \"%AZ_BATCH_JOB_PREP_WORKING_DIR%\\thumbnail.py\" %^errorlevel%",
       "environmentSettings": [
         {
           "name": "MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH",