Just a thought, 

Have you tried using the "save nuke script" from Mocha instead of the copy to 
clipboard option. Mocha will save a out a .nk that you can then import into 
Nuke with "import Script". Hope this helps. 

Have a good Thanksgiving.

Michael 
mbfx.me


On Nov 28, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Craig Tozzi wrote:

> I’m reasonably sure it’s a Mavericks issue.  If we never opened the script on 
> the Mavericks workstation, it opened, saved and closed perfectly.  Upon 
> opening and saving on the Mavericks workstation, the script was toast.
> 
> That said, I built a _lot_ of scripts for this project under Mavericks, and 
> experienced no problems whatsoever.  I ripped apart the node trees to track 
> down the problem, and it ended up being the rotospline nodes that came out of 
> Mocha.
> 
> I don’t know if this is a Mocha import issue, or maybe its an issue with 
> high-keyframe rotospline nodes.  The node that was causing the trouble had 
> 230+ keyframes.
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 27, 2013, at 11:17 PM, Howard Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Sounds like a failed save, had this with network issues on large scripts 
>> before (rarely). The maverick compression is worrying though
>> 
>> Howard
>> 
>> On 28 Nov 2013, at 04:46, Craig Tozzi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Maybe a text encoding thing?  
>>> 
>>> We searched the script in a text editor. It wasn’t a difference of one or 
>>> two close braces missing - it was hundreds, maybe thousands. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 12:13 PM, visfxsup <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Maverick s compresses ram on the fly.  Maybe it doesn't do it very well.  
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: Nathan Rusch <[email protected]> 
>>>> Date: 11/27/2013 3:04 PM (GMT-05:00) 
>>>> To: Nuke user discussion <[email protected]> 
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Mocha rotospline imports corrupt scripts on 
>>>> Mavericks 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bad cloned nodes saved in a script will result in an error like "Nothing 
>>>> is named $C423F412", and are easy to recover from. "Missing close brace" 
>>>> is a different issue, and one that, in my experience, seems to occur most 
>>>> frequently with node types that serialize to large strings 
>>>> (Roto/RotoPaint, Tracker4, SplineWarp/GridWarp, etc).
>>>>  
>>>> Pure speculation, but if it’s not a general Roto/RotoPaint bug (which I 
>>>> would guess first and foremost), perhaps Mavericks includes some low-level 
>>>> changes to the way files are buffered or written that is causing it to 
>>>> forget to finish writing the script.
>>>>  
>>>> -Nathan
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> From: Randy Little
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 9:42 AM
>>>> To: Nuke user discussion
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Mocha rotospline imports corrupt scripts on 
>>>> Mavericks
>>>>  
>>>> cloned nodes.   You can work with cloned nodes for quit a while with no 
>>>> problems.   But sooner or later the likely hood of the CLONE WILL WIPE OUT 
>>>> YOUR COMP bug will arise.  
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> Randy S. Little
>>>> http://www.rslittle.com/
>>>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Craig Tozzi <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Wait - are you referring to clone brushes or cloned nodes?  We have the 
>>>> former but not the latter.
>>>>  
>>>> I was the artist on the Mavericks workstation and used clones a fair 
>>>> amount through the project, without problems...
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Richard Bobo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I have gotten into the habit of making sure to, first, De-Clone any nodes 
>>>>> that I am copying and pasting from one script into another. Otherwise, 
>>>>> it’s a sure way to screw things up..
>>>>>  
>>>>> Rich
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 11:38 AM, RsLittle <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Its the clones.  Ones that did corrupt WILL at the worst possible time.  
>>>>>> Clones are russian roulette.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>>>> From: Craig Tozzi <[email protected]> 
>>>>>> Date: 11/27/2013 11:28 AM (GMT-05:00) 
>>>>>> To: Nuke user discussion <[email protected]> 
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Mocha rotospline imports corrupt scripts on 
>>>>>> Mavericks 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> He did, but there were other rotopaint nodes in the scripts from this 
>>>>>> project that didn’t come from Mocha (also using clones) that didn’t 
>>>>>> cause any problems.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 8:22 AM, Randy Little <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> are you sure thats not the "CLONE Bug" Sure sounds like it.     did the 
>>>>>>> artist on Mavericks CLONE something.  (anything)
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Craig Tozzi <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Discovered a weird bug on this project we’re wrapping up:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> An artist using a Mac workstation running Snow Leopard had used Mocha 
>>>>>>> Pro and imported a rotospline into Nuke (7.09).  He continued to work 
>>>>>>> on the shot with no issues.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> That Nuke script was later loaded onto another workstation that was 
>>>>>>> running Mavericks and Nuke 7.09.  The shot was worked on further for 
>>>>>>> about a half a day, with multiple versions being saved.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The problem: once the script was closed, it was found corrupt upon 
>>>>>>> reopening, with <missing close brace> and EOF errors.  This ONLY 
>>>>>>> occurred if the script was opened and saved under Mavericks.  Earlier 
>>>>>>> versions of the script that had only been used under Snow Leopard would 
>>>>>>> open and close without problem.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It’s an ugly thing to find out, as you can go for a time before 
>>>>>>> discovering that your script has blown up.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>  
>>>>> 
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