Blender 2.8 update

[v4mpir]

Hi!
Love the project, it works very nice.
Do you guys have any plans on bringing it into compatibility with Blender 2.8?

[isti115]

Hi! :)
I'm really happy to see that there is still interest in this project!
Have you tried using it with 2.8 and does it not work? If so, are there any error messages?
I didn't really follow the updates since I have switched to the free version of DaVinci Resolve a few years ago for video editing, but if it is just a matter of changing a few command line flags, I would gladly fix it for you. :)

[brendannoble]

This is the error message I get:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Exception: Failed to create chunklist.txt
at BlenderRenderController.RenderManager.AfterRenderProc(AfterRenderAction action)
at BlenderRenderController.RenderManager.b__62_0()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4150.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll

BlenderRenderController.all
Assembly Version: 1.0.5.4
Win32 Version: 1.0.5.4
CodeBase: file:///D:/Library/Downloads/BRC_v1054.Full-x64/BlenderRenderController.exe

System.Windows.Forms
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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

System
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System.Drawing
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BRClib
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CodeBase: file:///D:/Library/Downloads/BRC_v1054.Full-x64/BRClib.DLL

NLog
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CodeBase: file:///D:/Library/Downloads/BRC_v1054.Full-x64/NLog.DLL

Newtonsoft.Json
Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
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CodeBase: file:///D:/Library/Downloads/BRC_v1054.Full-x64/Newtonsoft.Json.DLL

System.Core
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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll

System.Numerics
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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Numerics/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Numerics.dll

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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Serialization/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Serialization.dll

System.Data
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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll

System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.3752.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll

System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.3752.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll

Accessibility
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.3752.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll

System.ServiceModel
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4150.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ServiceModel/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.ServiceModel.dll

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

[isti115]

Sorry for taking so long with the response on this! I am currently now mainly living on Linux, but I will try to find a way to figure this out somehow anyway, it just might take a bit longer.

[brendannoble]

Sounds great! Let me know if I can be of further help.

[isti115]

@v4mpir @brendannoble Good news! I have finally got myself to do this, borrowed my girlfriend's Windows machine, installed Visual Studio, the latest blender (2.83 LTS) and figured out what was likely to cause the problem. You can get the updated version through the new release, I hope that it will work well! I would appreciate if you could leave some feedback here, so I will know if I can close this issue.

https://github.com/Isti115/BlenderRenderController/releases/tag/0.5

(The old rendering engine called BLENDER_RENDERER was removed in 2.8, while a new one called EEVEE was introduced, which made default option pass invalid command line flags to blender, so I added functionality to automatically extract the renderer from the .blend file when loading, which will hopefully help in keeping compatibility even if the engines change later on. Even though my error message wasn't exactly the same I hope that this fixes your issue as well!)

[brendannoble]

Thanks for your work! When I open a .blend file I am running into an issue stating that StandardOut has not been redirected or the process hasn't started yet. Here are the details:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidOperationException: StandardOut has not been redirected or the process hasn't started yet.
at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_StandardOutput()
at BlenderRenderController.MainForm.DoReadBlenderData()
at BlenderRenderController.MainForm.blendFileBrowseButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4180.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll

BlenderRenderController
Assembly Version: 0.5.0.0
Win32 Version: 0.5.0.0
CodeBase: file:///D:/Library/Downloads/BlenderRenderController_v0.5/BlenderRenderController.exe

System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4084.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

System.Drawing
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Win32 Version: 4.8.4084.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4084.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll

System.Core
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4180.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll

System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4084.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll

Accessibility
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4084.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll

System.Web.Extensions
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4084.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Web.Extensions/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.Web.Extensions.dll

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

[isti115]

Do you have the blender executable in your PATH environmental variable?
I have tested it under that assumption, but I might've been wrong.

[brendannoble]

I added the Blender directory to my PATH variable and I am still having the same issue unfortunately.

[isti115]

Hmm, what happens if you open a command line window and try to run blender from there, does that work? If it does, I don't really have any ideas what the problem could be, but we can try to look at it through Discord screen sharing or something like that if you'd like!

[badbud65]

I started using this yesterday, and it worked fine for me on Windows 10.

[isti115]

@badbud65 Thank you very much for the feedback, this way I can finally have some confidence that my fix actually works in general and not only for me. :)