Maya Arnold question, Solidangle Scenes

Coffeehouse

I tried to import my mesh from substance painter to maya but I didn not get it to look right in Arnold.

So I decided to start with the basics and follow the Arnold tutorials first. Unfortunately the files provided in the solidangle learning area https://support.solidangle.com/display/AFMUG/Learning+Scenes do not look like I assume they should (like their images on the website).

For example  this one. I just opened it and hit render.



 Or this one. The weird thing is: I opened the village scene today first after booting up and it looked fine. Then I open the above alien. Close Maya. Start it again with the village scene which then looks as weird as yesterday. Looks like some weird fisheye thing. What the ...




I get a lot of error notices when I open the files. Mostly about mental ray nodes being inside the file and me not having mental ray. I use Maya 2017 (I think without any of the 3 service packs).
This is what the script editor says on the first file for example.

onSetCurrentLayout "Modeling - Standard";

file -f -new;

preferredRenderer -makeCurrent;

// Warning: file: /Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/startup/rememberViewportSettings.mel line 29: Active stereo does not work with Aero enabled. Active stereo has been disabled. // 

// untitled // 

doOpenFile ("C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/model-village-user-guide/model-village-user-guide.ma");

file -f -options "v=0;p=17;f=0"  -ignoreVersion  -typ "mayaAscii" -o "C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/model-village-user-guide/model-village-user-guide.ma";addRecentFile("C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/model-village-user-guide/model-village-user-guide.ma", "mayaAscii");

closeAllNodeEditors;

closeHypershade;

updateRenderOverride;

evalDeferred "shaderBallRendererMenuUpdate";

# pymel.core : Updating pymel with pre-loaded plugins: GPUBuiltInDeformer, stereoCamera, deformerEvaluator, mtoa, renderSetup

import arnold

# Successfully imported python module 'arnold'

import mtoa

# Successfully imported python module 'mtoa'

import mtoa.cmds.registerArnoldRenderer;mtoa.cmds.registerArnoldRenderer.registerArnoldRenderer()

Maya 2017 importing module pymel 1.0.9 (D:\Autodesk\Maya2017\Python\lib\site-packages\pymel\__init__.pyc)

# Successfully registered renderer 'arnold'

// File read in  12 seconds.

commandPort -securityWarning -name commandportDefault;

updateRendererUI;

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "Common", "createArnoldRendererCommonGlobalsTab");

# Error: file: /Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow.mel line 1629: Object 'tabForm' not found. # 

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "Arnold Renderer", "createArnoldRendererGlobalsTab");

# Error: file: /Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow.mel line 1629: Object 'tabForm' not found. # 

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "System", "createArnoldRendererSystemTab");

# Error: file: /Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow.mel line 1629: Object 'tabForm' not found. # 

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "AOVs", "createArnoldAOVTab");

# Error: file: /Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow.mel line 1629: Object 'tabForm' not found. # 

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "Diagnostics", "createArnoldRendererDiagnosticsTab");

# Error: file: /Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow.mel line 1629: Object 'tabForm' not found. # 

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "Override", "createArnoldRendererOverrideTab");

# Error: file: /Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow.mel line 1629: Object 'tabForm' not found. # 

// AbcExport v1.0 using Alembic 1.5.8 (built Dec 24 2015 17:28:19)

// AbcImport v1.0 using Alembic 1.5.8 (built Dec 24 2015 17:28:19)

updateRendererUI;

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("mayaVector", "Common", "createMayaSoftwareCommonGlobalsTab");

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("mayaVector", "Maya Vector", "createVectorGlobalsTab");

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "Common", "createArnoldRendererCommonGlobalsTab");

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "Arnold Renderer", "createArnoldRendererGlobalsTab");

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "System", "createArnoldRendererSystemTab");

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "AOVs", "createArnoldAOVTab");

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "Diagnostics", "createArnoldRendererDiagnosticsTab");

addOneTabToGlobalsWindow("arnold", "Override", "createArnoldRendererOverrideTab");

// Warning: file: /Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/setWorkingDirectory.mel line 232: /3D/Maya/Render/scenes is not a valid directory.  Using /3D/Maya/Render/ instead. // 

file -f -options "v=0;p=17;f=0"  -ignoreVersion  -typ "mayaAscii" -o "C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma";addRecentFile("C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma", "mayaAscii");

closeAllNodeEditors;

closeHypershade;

# Error: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 11: RuntimeError: file <maya console> line 1: Plug-in, "OctanePlugin", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH. # 

# Error: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 14: RuntimeError: file <maya console> line 1: Plug-in, "Mayatomr", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH. # 

# Error: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 18: RuntimeError: file <maya console> line 1: Plug-in, "redshift4maya", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH. # 

# Error: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 19: RuntimeError: file <maya console> line 1: Plug-in, "rpmaya", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH. # 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1712925: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1713436: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1713947: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1714458: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1714969: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738242: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayItemsList'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738245: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayGlobals'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738247: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738399: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayFramebuffer'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738416: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738498: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738505: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftNormalMap'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738511: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftBokeh'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738519: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhotographicExposure'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738525: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftNormalMap'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738528: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738530: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738532: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738534: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738539: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftNormalMap'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738791: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738799: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738807: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738820: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738836: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738846: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738861: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738878: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738891: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738904: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738915: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738924: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738934: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738947: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738963: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738987: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1739016: Unrecognized node type 'mia_exposure_photographic'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1739024: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1739033: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1743085: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

# Error: This file contains legacy render layers and Maya is currently in Render Setup mode. This combination is unsupported.  You can switch to Legacy Render Layers mode from the Preferred Render Setup system drop-down list in the Rendering section of the Preferences window. # 

// Warning: line 1839: The default image may not be modified. Use the -i/image flag instead. // 

import maya.app.general.mentalRayNotAvailableDialog as mrnad ; mrnad.show()

// Warning: line 0: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.

Please check the Script Editor for details. // 

// File read in  46.6 seconds.

// Error: line 0: RuntimeError: file \Autodesk\Maya2017\Python\lib\site-packages\pymel\core\__init__.py line 160: (kInvalidParameter): No element at given index // 

// Warning: line 0: Python callback failed // 

select -r body ;

move -r 18.090475 0 0 ;

// Undo: renderWindowRender redoPreviousRender renderView

// Undo: renderWindowRender redoPreviousRender renderView

// Undo: renderWindowRender redoPreviousIprRender renderView

// Undo: IPRRenderIntoNewWindow

// Undo: RenderIntoNewWindow

// Undo: IPRRenderIntoNewWindow

// Undo: move -r 18.090475 0 0 

// Undo: select -r body 

file -f -options "v=0;p=17;f=0"  -ignoreVersion  -typ "mayaAscii" -o "C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma";addRecentFile("C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma", "mayaAscii");

closeAllNodeEditors;

closeHypershade;

# Error: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 11: RuntimeError: file <maya console> line 1: Plug-in, "OctanePlugin", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH. # 

# Error: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 14: RuntimeError: file <maya console> line 1: Plug-in, "Mayatomr", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH. # 

# Error: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 18: RuntimeError: file <maya console> line 1: Plug-in, "redshift4maya", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH. # 

# Error: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 19: RuntimeError: file <maya console> line 1: Plug-in, "rpmaya", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH. # 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1712925: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1713436: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1713947: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1714458: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1714969: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhysicalLight'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738242: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayItemsList'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738245: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayGlobals'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738247: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738399: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayFramebuffer'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738416: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738498: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738505: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftNormalMap'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738511: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftBokeh'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738519: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftPhotographicExposure'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738525: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftNormalMap'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738528: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738530: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738532: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738534: Unrecognized node type 'octaneSettings'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738539: Unrecognized node type 'RedshiftNormalMap'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738791: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738799: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738807: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738820: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738836: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738846: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738861: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738878: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738891: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738904: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738915: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738924: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738934: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738947: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738963: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1738987: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1739016: Unrecognized node type 'mia_exposure_photographic'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1739024: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1739033: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

// Warning: file: C:/Users/INTEL/Downloads/Hunter-alien/alien-user-guide.ma line 1743085: Unrecognized node type 'mentalrayOptions'; preserving node information during this session. // 

# Error: This file contains legacy render layers and Maya is currently in Render Setup mode. This combination is unsupported.  You can switch to Legacy Render Layers mode from the Preferred Render Setup system drop-down list in the Rendering section of the Preferences window. # 

// Warning: line 1839: The default image may not be modified. Use the -i/image flag instead. // 

import maya.app.general.mentalRayNotAvailableDialog as mrnad ; mrnad.show()

// Warning: line 0: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.

Please check the Script Editor for details. // 

// File read in  82.3 seconds.

// Error: line 0: RuntimeError: file \Autodesk\Maya2017\Python\lib\site-packages\pymel\core\__init__.py line 160: (kInvalidParameter): No element at given index // 

// Warning: line 0: Python callback failed // 

Coffeehouse

Not sure, but on the first one (the alien) the issue seemed to be, that there are no textures applied. If I choose the tiff textures instead of the pre-setup tx files it looks more correct (maya will automatically convert the files back to tx but this time it seems to be ok).
Brightness seems to low too, so I needed to increase the dome lights intensity.

No clue on the weird fisheye look of the second scene though.