This is a pretty sweet feature. I love how simple it is! Kind of similar to my wishlist for DR:
1. Automatic computer discovery on the local network.
2. One click network rendering (no need to adjust texture locations or other assets - workflow should be unchanged from working on a local scene).
3. Simply harness the power of the other networked computers without having to manually launch 3ds max or any other software on the networked computers.
4. No additional waiting time for other computers to start contributing to the render. i.e should be as fast as rendering locally.
You are aware that there will be a general DR overhaul in Corona 1.6? :)
See:
https://trello.com/b/EfPE4kPx/corona-road-map-3ds-maxIt's already available in the daily builds, and compared to your notes:
1. Automatic computer discovery on the local network.
-already there ("search lan during render" checkbox in DR settings)
2. One click network rendering (no need to adjust texture locations or other assets - workflow should be unchanged from working on a local scene).
-in the new dr - assets are transferred automatically
3. Simply harness the power of the other networked computers without having to manually launch 3ds max or any other software on the networked computers.
-in the new dr - 3ds max is automatically launched along with dr server
4. No additional waiting time for other computers to start contributing to the render. i.e should be as fast as rendering locally.
-probably not possible due to the way DR works, but also can be controlled already (sync. interval)