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IMPORTANT!!!

Please read the README.txt file for the latest important information
regarding the installation and use of this package.

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@RELEASE: 8.0-0

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 8.0-x

==== CL 23360 ====
@FIX: UniversalMayaRenderJob File::HomeDir

==== CL 22435 ====
@FIX:Path to vrayslave hardcoded to wrong location on macOS


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@RELEASE: 7.5-0

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 7.5-x.


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@RELEASE: 7.0-0

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 7.0-x.


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@RELEASE: 6.10-0

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.10-x.


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@RELEASE: 6.9-0

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.9-x.

==== CL 16838 ====
@NEW:Maya 2017 Job Type Support

==== CL 16706 ====
@NEW: Add Redshift GPU renderer support using Redshift's "rsRender" command


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@RELEASE: 6.8-1

@SUMMARY:
This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.8-x

==== CL 16635 ====
@FIX: added "vraySettings.sys_distributed_rendering_local" to always be TRUE for V-ray DR jobs

This allows the local machine on a DR job (the DR master node, instance 0) to also participate in the computation.

==== CL 16634 ====
@FIX: mayajt: modifyExtension always offsets frame number by +1	

JIRA: QUBE-1614

==== CL 16498 ====
@NEW: add support for Maya 2015, 2016 and 2016.5 (Extension 2) to maya/execute.pm
@NEW: add support for Maya 2016 and 2016.5 (Extension 2) to mentalray/MentalrayJob.pm

==== CL 16043 ====
@NEW: add Maya 2016.5 support to loadOnce "maya" jobtype

==== CL 15918 ====
@FIX: When rendering in vray, the vray-specific file name prefix was being ignored and the global imageFilePrefix was being applied

Fixed backend so that if vraySettings.fileNamePrefix is already set, it is
NOT overridden by defaultRenderGlobals.imageFilePrefix

ZD: 15847


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@RELEASE: 6.8-0a

@SUMMARY:
This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.8-x

@NEW: add Mac OS X 10.11, aka "El Capitan" support


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@RELEASE: 6.8-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.8-x.

==== CL 14609 ====
@CHANGE: adjusted code to reflect unexpected/undocumented change in arguments to a v-ray routine (in vrayDR.mel), vraySaveServersInfo(), provided by Chaos Group.

New code should still provide backwards compatibility for v-ray 2.x.

ZD: 14590

==== CL 14347 ====
@FIX: set MAYA_DISABLE_CIP env var to 1, to disable "customer involvement program" feature, to work around Maya 2016 jobs on Linux crashing at launch.

==== CL 14343 ====
@FIX: add code for vray renders to respect "File Name Prefix" override.

Apparently, vray has its own setting, "vraySettings.fileNamePrefix", and
doesn't respect Maya's "defaultRenderGlobals.imageFilePrefix" setting.

ZD: 14158

==== CL 14132 ====
@INTEG: main -> rel-6.7
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@FIX: allow maya jobtype to setup dirmapping even when the host can't resolve its own hostname

==== CL 14130 ====
@FIX: allow maya jobtype to setup dirmapping even when the host can't resolve its own hostname

==== CL 14111 ====
@FIX: cosmetic issue where empty output folders get created when there are multiple layers in the scene, AND imageFilePrefix contains slashes to create subdirs.

ZD: 13725

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@RELEASE: 6.7-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.7-x.

==== CL 13889 ====
@FIX: excutable search was partially broken, not searching in all relevant directories.

ZD: QUBE-839

==== CL 13817 ====
@NEW: add Maya 2016 support to loadOnce "maya" jobtype

==== CL 13783 ====
@NEW: add support for QB_VRAY_INSTALL_ROOT environment variable, which can be specified to allow the v-ray DR slave job instances to find the vray.exe program installed in a non-standard location.

ZD 13000

==== CL 13360 ====
@FIX: support 'use all cores' for Maya LoadOnce mentalray renders
@CHANGE: expose 'use all cores' widget in maya submission UI

==== CL 13344 ====
@FIX: mentalray for maya 2012 and later only supports 4 slaves
@CHANGE: selecting mentalray DBR sets upper limit on job.cpus, sets instance count to max. 

==== CL 13110 ====
@FIX: fixed sceneMayaVersion() routine to correctly parse Maya ASCII (.ma) files for the required maya version.

ZD12407


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@RELEASE: 6.6-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.6-x.

==== CL 12440 ====
@NEW:Maya 2015 support

==== CL 12230 ====
@FIX: additional fixes to remedy "retrywork" issue with maya (and possibly other Perl-API based) jobs. See also the previous CL12228

==== CL 12188 ====
@FIX: set arnold log verbosity to 'info' in order to capture outputPaths, arnold default log verbosity as of mtoa v1.0 is 'errors only', prevents rendered output path from appearing in the job logs

==== CL 12085 ====
@CHANGE: updated the following jobtypes to handle the new "failed" status returned by requestwork() when agenda preflights fail: _3dsmax maya mentalray mtor xsi
QUBE-254

==== CL 11966 ====
@NEW: add support for Arnold standalone rendering using SolidAngle's 'kick' utility
@NEW: show rendered output from Arnold renders in Maya

==== CL 11854 ====
@FIX: add mental ray satellite port number for Maya 2014.
Also added code to guess the satellite port for new Maya versions, moving forward.

ZD: 10364

==== CL 11803 ====
@FIX: fixed more obsolete calls to "workspace -renderType" to use "workspace -fileRule" instead.

ZD: 10009

==== CL 11800 ====
@NEW: add better arnold support (autoload of "mtoa" plugin) in the Maya jobtype

==== CL 11564 ====
@FIX: outputPaths was broken for jobs that render 2 or more cameras.

==== CL 11325 ====
@NEW: add 2014 paths to maya/xsi job.conf

==== CL 10786 ====
@FIX: setting "Render Threads" to 0, or to 0 and host.processors=1+, wasn't making the mental ray renderer to use all cores on the nodes.
ZD: 8771


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@RELEASE: 6.5-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.5-x.

==== CL 10786 ====
@FIX: setting "Render Threads" to 0, or to 0 and host.processors=1+, wasn't making the mental ray renderer to use all cores on the nodes.
ZD: 8771

==== CL 10687 ====
@FIX: clarified "usage" section a bit.

==== CL 10237 ====
@NEW: do worker-side path translation for maya jobytpe with the Maya "dirmap" command, uses the worker's worker_path_map, supports path translation in-scene assets such as file textures, etc.

==== CL 10054 ====
@NEW: add runtime path conversion to maya jobtype

==== CL 10039 ====
@NEW: add README-VRay-DR.txt that explains how to set up and use V-Ray DR support in the maya jobtype.

==== CL 10038 ====
@NEW: added V-Ray Distributed Rendering (DR) support.

BUGZID: 62606


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@RELEASE: 6.4-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.4.x.

==== CL 9822 ====
@FIX: consistently use non-deprecated fileRuleEntry instead of renderTypeEntry for Maya versions 8 and above

==== CL 9710 ====
@NEW: add Maya 2013 support

==== CL 9673 ====
@FIX: catch case where "getattr defaultRenderGlobals.currentRenderer" returns an array reference and not a string; results in renderer names like "vray,vray", causes "Error: The renderer vray,vray is not registered yet."

==== CL 9625 ====
@NEW: add support for Maya 2013
@NEW: add Mentalray Satellite for Maya ports for Maya 2013

==== CL 9583 ====
@NEW: add mentalray satellite for Maya ports for Maya 2011, 2012
@FIX: write the maya.rayhosts in the correct maya prefs directory for Vista and later, was using pre-Vista locations
@FIX: use correct mrsat port for Maya 2010, was using mr standalone port, not mrsatForMaya port

==== CL 9206 ====
@FIX: expand image outputPath so that it catches "writing frame buffer mayaColor to image file "

==== CL 9069 ====
@NEW: added v-ray render support. In particular, outputPaths is properly detected from vray renders.

BUGZID: 63673
ZD: 5019

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@RELEASE: 6.3-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.3.x.

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@RELEASE: 6.2-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.2.x.

==== CL 8284 ====
@CHANGE: add in "Subscription Advantage Pack" paths

==== CL 8282 ====
@CHANGE: add support for Maya 2012


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@RELEASE: 6.1-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.1-x.

@FIX: fixed issue where extraneous folders are created in incorrect
	locations if a resource directory name (as returned by "workspace
	-q -fileRule") contains space characters.  
	ZD: 2245

@FIX: added code to properly parse the stderr/stdout to catch
	multilple image output paths when multi-pass mental ray renders
	are performed, and correctly put it in OutputPaths.
	ZD:	2056

@FIX: fixed code to properly feedback the output path to the
	resultpackage, even if the "ignoreRenderTimeErrors" is set.
	ZD: 1912

@CHANGE: mayajt: removing built-in (and questionable) frame-retry from
	MayaJob.pm

@CHANGE: added "Autodesk" directories to the glob() call in
	findMayaExecutable().


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@RELEASE: 6.0-1

@SUMMARY:

This is a minor bug fix release.

@FIX: installdir_windows_registry_paths fixed to be delimited by ",", not";"
	ZD: 1759

@FIX: added code to print out error messages and abort job when the scene
	contains no renderable cameras or layers.
	ZD: 1587

@FIX: Added Maya 2011 paths to maya_paths in job.conf for mayajt.


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@RELEASE: 6.0-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 6.0-x.


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@RELEASE: 5.5-4

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.5-x.
It includes a few fixes.

@FIX: modified call to 'system('perl -e "sleep 1"')' to 'pause -sec 2'
  as some customer reported that the system() version is causing the
  subjobs to stall.  ZD: 1168


@FIX: Added code to flush/clear any output that maybe remaining in the
  communication pipe to maya, before handling a new communication.
  Hopefully, this fixes the occasional issue with maya output
  capturing (capturing the result of commands from stdout/err) when
  "nudge" is done.

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@RELEASE: 5.5-3

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.5-x.
It adds support for Maya 2011.

@NEW: Added Maya2011 paths to the executable search path, in job.conf.

@FIX: modified regex that determines Maya version of an executable so it
  correctly detects the version even when Maya is run for the first time.

@CHANGE: modified to only generate a warning, instead of flagging as
  an error, when "result" returned from the rendering procedure is
  empty.

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@RELEASE: 5.5-2

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.5-x.
It includes a few fixes since the last release.

@NEW: add ports for mentalray satellite for maya 2009, 2010

@FIX: properly determine output directories for all fileRuleEntries;
	don't trip over "Adobe(R) Ilustrator(R)"

@CHANGE: Updated windows qube.ico files for all jobtypes.
	
	The icon shows in the "add/remove program" panel on Windows, among
	possibly other places.
	
	This is a cleaner-looking transparent background icon, and was
	converted from the icon that's used on OSX (qube_icon.icns).

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@RELEASE: 5.5-1

@SUMMARY:

@FIX:
    Added thread count controlling code.  Exposed thread counts.
    Needed to set the "defaultRenderGlobals.numCpusToUse" parameter.
    This addresses an issue with Maya only running on 2 threads on the Nahalem
    processors instead of all of them.
  
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@RELEASE: 5.5-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is built for Qube 5.5-x.  It adds Maya 2010 support.  The
other largest change is the elimination of the submission dialog that
is based on a binary plug-in and mel scripting-- this new jobtype now
shares the Qube GUI submission dialog.

@NEW: Maya 2010 support

@CHANGE: Consolidated submission dialog with Qube GUI

	Now the jobtype shares the submission dialog with the Qube GUI.
	This allows for better maintainability, eliminates the need for a
	compiled maya plugin, thus allowing us to quickly support any new
	future maya versions as soon as they come out.  The old binary
	plugin (qb.mll, qb.so, qb.bundle) and mel scripts have been
	deprecated.


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@RELEASE: 5.4-3

@SUMMARY:

This is a bug fix release.

@FIX: Fixed issue with PromptMayaJob.pm and the way it calls
	"workspace -renderTypeEntry".

@FIX: Found and fixed a bug in the "batch mode" invocation of the maya
	jobtype.
	
	The maya executable name is "maya" on Linux, but "mayaBatch.exe" on
	Windows. In batch mode, they're supposed to be translated to "Render" and
	"Render.exe" respectively, but the latter wasn't working properly.
	
	As a result of this issue, "batch mode" renders were "complete"-ing, but in
	fact they were failing.  The stdout from these jobs would have errors like
	the following:
	
	----
	requesting work for: 340.0
	got work: 340:1 - running
	INFO: renderer not specified... using default
	Flags:
	-v                       prints the product version and cut number
	-batch                   for batch mode
	[snip...]
	----
	
	BUGZID: 61105

@CHANGE: Moved the call to check for fatal errors
	(checkForFatalMayaErrors()) to earlier in the code.

	... in order to catch errors earlier.
	
	BUGZID: 61201


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@RELEASE: 5.4-2

@SUMMARY:

This is a bug fix release, for windows.
Linux and OSX releases are identical to previous releases.

@FIX: Fixed issue with Maya 2009 support on Windows.


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@RELEASE: 5.4-1

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.4-x.

@FEATURE: Added Maya 2009 support for Linux, Windows, and OSX.


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@RELEASE: 5.4-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.4-x.

@CHANGE: Built for Qube! version 5.4-x

@FIX: Added a new regex to fatal_regexs. BUGZID: 55237

@FIX: Added $successRegex for mayaHardware renders. BUGZID: 53651

@FEATURE: Added code specific to supporting turtle 3.1 and above.
	BUGZID: 51379

@FEATURE: Added "qbtimelimit" option to qbMayaRender.pl. BUGZID: 51568

@FIX: Fixed mayajt bug where a plugin (renderer) may not load corretly.
	In particular, this was causing the 3delight renderer plugin not to load 
	properly.

@FIX: Added workaround for issues with Paint FX scenes. BUGZID: 51243

@FIX: Removed seemingly unnecessary code in timeout "nudging" mechanism, 
	in hopes of fixing a related "false-negative" bug. BUGZID: 46326 47978

@FIX: Added "-qbmail", "-qbmailaddress", and "ignoreRenderTimeErrors"
	options to qbMayaRender.pl. BUGZID: 51201

@FIX: Made sure that paths are dirmapped. BUGZID: 50760


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@RELEASE: 5.3-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.3-x.  It also
includes some bugfixes and minor feature enhancements, such as added
support for 3delight.

@CHANGE: Built for Qube! version 5.3-x

Built against Qube! version 5.3-x.

@BUGFIX: Added "-rl" option support for command line (qbMayaRender.pl)
	submitted jobs.  
	BUGZID: 48906 48569

@CHANGE: internal change for jobtype developers.

	Modified maya jt files to support multiple "Qube Options" tabs in
	one submission dialog.
	
	This is necessary so that jobtypes like the single-action miGen
	can submit more than one job with different Qube parameters.  I
	suspect that the mtor and mental ray for Maya satellite rendering
	can take advantage of this change.
	
	Implication: the new miGen jobtype will need the new maya jobtype
	  installed on the system as well.
	
@BUGFIX: Added code to set global variables for verbose output for
	mental ray for maya 2008 and above.  Added fix to only set
	string-type defaultRenderGlobals.* parameters if they are
	non-empty.
	BUGZID: 40945 41331

@CHANGE: Changed wording of "INFO:" message at the end, to avoid false
	alarm.

@BUGFIX: Fixed bug in determining command line renderer executable in
	batch-mode.
	BUGZID: 41112 41114

@FEATURE: Added some back-end code to support 3delight's
	maya-compliant renderer.

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@RELEASE: 5.2-2

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.2-x.

@SUMMARY:

This release adds an important workaround for an issue with mental ray
for Maya 2008.  It also fixes a bug 

@BUGFIX: Added code to automatically turn off postFrameErrorCheck

To work around a bug with mental ray for Maya 2008, code has been
added to automatically turn off postFrameErrorCheck on mental ray
renders.
BUGZID: 40945

@BUGFIX: correct reporting of subjob to supe

Fixed a bug where the subjob wasn't reporting the supe its correct
status upon exiting.
BUGZID: 40692

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@RELEASE: 5.2-1

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.2-x.

@SUMMARY:

This release adds Maya 2008 support for all supported platforms and
makes a few small improvements.

@FEATURE: added Maya 2008 support

This jobtype now works with Maya 2008 for all supported 32- and 64-bit 
platforms.

@FEATURE: added textbox to explicitly specify maya executable

A textbox has been added to the Maya in-app job submission dialog box
for the user to explicitly specify the path to the maya executable.

@CHANGE: jobs that ignore render-time errors skip post-render checks

If a job has the ignoreRenderTimeErrors flag set, it will also skip
post-frame-render checks.

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@RELEASE: 5.2-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.2-x.

It is built against the new Qube! 5.2 libraries, and includes a few
feature enhancements and bug fixes.  Among the biggest feature
enhancements are the native support for 64-bit maya, and the support
for mental ray satellite renders.

@FEATURE: added mental ray satellite support

The mental ray for Maya satellite rendering is now supported.
Please refer to the README-satellite.txt file for details on 
properly setting up and using it.

@FEATURE: added 64-bit maya support

The 64-bit version of maya is now supported.  You will need the
64-bit version of Qube! installed on our 64-bit platform for the
64-bit jobtype to work properly.


@FEATURE: added support for renderers other than mayasw for batch mode

The "batch mode" should now support renderers other than the maya
software renderer, such as mental ray or maya hardware.
BUGZID: 33663

@BUGFIX: rename camera names of referenced cameras

Added code to replace ":" to "_" in camera/layer names when creating
subfolders for output images in multi-camera/layer renders.  Colons in
camera names happen when the camera is referenced into the scene.
BUGZID: 35284

@BUGFIX: unlock defaultRenderGlobals.{start,end,by}Frame

Added code to attempt to unlock defaultRenderGlobals.startFrame,
endFrame, and byFrameStep before rendering a frame.
BUGZID: 34858

@CHANGE: behavior when the maya version cannot be detected from scenefile

It rarely happens, but apparently sometimes the maya version cannot be
detected frome the scenefile.  When that happens, execute.pm was
running legacy code instead of UniversalMayaRenderJob.pm.  That's been
modified so that when a scene version detection returns "", it assumes
that the maya is version 7.x or above, and run the new code.
BUGZID: 35284


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@RELEASE: 5.1-1

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.1-x.

@SUMMARY:

This release is a minor update, and includes workarounds to avoid
mental ray for maya renders from terminating prematurely.

@FEATURE: added "ignore render-time errors" switch

Added "Ignore render-time errors" switch to the submission interface,
which allows the user to tell the job to ignore all render-time
errors, on a job-by-job basis.

@BUGFIX: ignore "Error: ...ignored" error messages

Added code to automatically ignore error messages that look like
"Error:... ignored" printed by the renderer (most notably by mental
ray), and go on with processing frames.  Earlier versions terminated
the job, and didn't process further frames when it saw those error
messages.

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@RELEASE: 5.1-0

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.1-x.

@SUMMARY:

This release is built against the new Qube! 5.1 libraries.
It also includes Maya 8.5 support on all supported 32-bit platforms.

@FEATURE: Maya 8.5 support

Maya 8.5 support has been added.


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@RELEASE: 5.0-0

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release should work with Qube! version 5.0-0 and above.

@SUMMARY:

This release is built against the new Qube! 5.0 libraries.
Additionally, for Maya 7.0 and above, it has a brand new submission
interface to submit jobs from within Maya, as well as a new back-end
that takes advantage of Maya's new plug-in renderer architecture to
ease support for different renderers.

@FEATURE: New in-application submission dialog

For Maya 7.0 and above, the jobtype supports a new and improved
submission dialog.

@FEATURE: New back-end mechanism to handle renders

The new back-end code takes advantage of Maya's new plug-in renderer
architecture to ease supporting different plug-in renderers.


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@RELEASE: 4.0-9 (2006-09-19)

@SUMMARY:

This release includes support for Maya 8.0 (32-bit only).
Otherwise, this is a maintenance release, including better 
error-checking on I/O directories, and a more robust mechanism 
to find the executable in the back-end.

@FEATURE: Maya 8.0 (32-bit) support

Support for Maya 8.0 has been added.  This time, however, it is only
for the 32-bit port.  The 64-bit version is on its way.

@FEATURE: Better I/O error-checking

The back-end code now checks for read/write permissions on the
input scenefile and output directory.

@FEATURE: Better support for Maya installed in non-default location

The back-end code now supports a more robust mechanism of searching 
for the mayabatch.exe program.  It searches the $PATH first, then 
the paths specified in the windows registry, and then the default 
installation locations.

@CHANGE: Internal code cleanup 

Some internal cleanup of code has been done, for better maintainability.


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@RELEASE: 4.0-7 (2006-06-07)

@SUMMARY:

This release includes new support for Illuminate Labs' Turtle
renderer, as well as the Maya Vector renderer, for supported
platforms.  Several bug fixes also have been rolled in.

@FEATURE: Turtle support

This version added support for Illuminate Labs' Turtle renderer
version 3.0 for Maya 6.5 and Maya 7.0.

@FEATURE: Vector renderer support

This version added support for Maya's Vector renderer.

@FEATURE: Added automatic plugin loading capability

Added code to automatically load necessary renderer plugins, for
Mayatomr, VectorRender, and Turtle.

@FEATURE: proper MAYA_LOCATION override

Added code to override the MAYA_LOCATION environment variable when it
is improperly set.
BUGZID: 14305

@BUGFIX: detection of Maya version

Fixed bug where the routine to find the appropriate version of maya on
the system would incorrectly detect maya versions of executables.

@BUGFIX: fixed bug in setting up various paths

Fixed a bug which may have affected the "dirmap" feature of Maya
during Qube renders, while setting up paths such as projdir and
imagedir.

@BUGFIX: OSX window server issue

Added "-batch" flag to the invocations of maya, to avoid problem
on some OSX installations.  The OSX version of maya tries to connect
to the window server when the "-v" or "-prompt" option was specified
w/o the "-batch" option.
BUGZID: 14886

@BUGFIX: Rogue mayabatch processes

Added code to minimize the chance of having rogue mayabatch processes
on the worker when problems occur with the renderer.


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@RELEASE: 4.0-6 (2006-04-19)

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release requires qube-core version 4.0-5 or above.

@SUMMARY:

This is mainly a bug-fix maintenance release, for a more reliable and
stable operation of the Maya jobtype.  Upgrading from the previous
version is strongly recommended.

@BUGFIX: submission dialog and unsupported image formats

Fixed bug where the Qube! submission dialog will not open if an
unknown or unsupported image file format was specified in the render
globals.

@BUGFIX: scenefile parsing bug

Fixed bug where parsing a scenefile for the scenefile version can end
up in a very long loop.

@BUGFIX: executable search skips directories

Fixed a bug where the routine that searches for maya executables would
test directories as executables (it was treating $HOME/maya, usually a
directory, as a possible maya executable).

@BUGFIX: added fail-over renderer in back-end

Added code to the back-end to avoid problems with jobs submitted
without explicitly specifying the "renderer".  In those cases, the
back-end uses the renderer specified in the scenefile now.

@CHANGE: errors now ignored while scenefile loading

Since Maya is known to spit out "Error: " messages during scenefile
loading for non-fatal errors, all errors during scenefile loading are
now being ignored.

@CHANGE: more verbose output during the search for maya executable 

More informational messages are printed by the back-end code during
the search for an appropriate maya executable.


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@RELEASE: 4.0-5 (2006-03-20)

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release requires qube-core version 4.0-5 or above.

@SUMMARY:

The biggest change in this release is the better handling of stdout
and stderr log output, which will enable easier troubleshooting of
render job problems.  Also, this release includes a number of
bug-fixes and/or small enhancements, along with some internal changes
for future maintainability.  Upgrading from the previous version is
strongly recommended.

@FEATURE: Better logging

This version supports better handling of maya stdout and stderr
log messages.

@FEATURE: Better OSX support

Added back-end code to search default system directories for Maya
installation, and set up MAYA_LOCATION properly, to better support OSX
maya installations.

@BUGFIX: mentalray render problem

Fixed issues where mentalray for Maya would repeatedly render every
single frame in the frame range.

@BUGFIX: mayaFormat implementation

The mayaFormat (-mf) option has been implemented.

@BUGFIX: Qubic! GUI "format:" field 

The "format:" field in the Qubic! GUI submission dialog now works
properly.

@CHANGE: Launch Qubic! menu item removed

@CHANGE: Internal cleanup and reorganization of files and functions

Internal cleanup of code and reorganization of files and functions
were done, for better maintainability.



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@RELEASE: 4.0-0 (2005-12-12)

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release should work with qube-core version 4.0-0 and above.

@SUMMARY:

This release is a new distribution package of the maya jobtype for
Qube! release 4.0-0.

@CHANGE: Updated for Qube! v4.0-0

Package rebuilt for the new Qube! version, 4.0-0.

@CHANGE: Installation location

New installation location is C:/Program Files/pfx/jobtypes/maya/