Hi, we should be able to help, but can you share some about your current setup and how exactly you are rendering?
- Are you using Corona's distributed rendering to render a single frame on multiple computers?
- Are you using Backburner to render one frame per one computer?
- [any other important info how exactly you are using Corona and what you are rendering?]
Generally:
When using Corona's DR:
You can enable the autosave feature on the master machine. This will autosave the final rendering (what the master machines had rendered + what the slaves contributed). Then you should be able to continue distributed rendering by loading this autosave.
When using Backburner:
Remember that the autosave setting in Corona is a "system" setting, meaning that this setting is specified per-computer, not per scene. If you enable autosave on the master machine, it will not be enabled on the slave machines.
To enable autosave on the slaves, you can go to
C:\Users\_username_\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2020 - 64bit\ENU\en-US\plugcfg\corona
locate the newest file SystemSettings-xxx.conf
open it
you will see in it lines such as:
String vfb.autosave.filename = "C:\\Users\\_username_\\AppData\\Local\\Autodesk\\3dsMax\\2020 - 64bit\\ENU\\en-US\\plugcfg\\corona\\autosave.cxr"
Int vfb.autosave.countEnd = 3
Int system.numThreads = 0
Int vfb.type = wx
Bool vfb.autosave.enable = false
You can open these files on each of the computers, edit the lines, and save it, to change these system settings where you need them.
I am honestly not 100% sure how autosave works with DR/network rendering, so if you have any issues, let me know here, and we will troubleshoot.