Render elements only in distribute mode

[denisgo22]

It is possible to make /render Elements Only/ working correct in distribute mode rendering?
Sometimes i need to render elements very quick in High resolution 3 or 4k
and on slaves the render much slower because it's allows direct lighting on slaves/
I once wrote about this issue and me was advised to use а scripting way for slaves/
but it is quite frankly not a very convenient solution.

is it possible to optimize this process directly in render engine?

[maru]

Hi, it's not scripting, but Corona's string options. It should be fairly easy to use even for inexperienced users. See:
https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000518663
So all you have to do to render only elements on the nodes is paste this into the string options textfield:
bool shading.enable = false

Please let us know if it works for you as the article may need updating...

[Frood]

Seriously. Why should hundreds, thousands or several million (in near future :) users fool around with string options and a window only available if you activate "devel/debug" mode for such a simple task if it could be implemented to happen automatically with a few lines of code after pressing "Render only elements"?

And all that using a renderer trying to be as simple to use as possible? I´m also often in need of high res masks and noticed that DR(!) slaves seem to do the full job in that situation and was about to submit it as bug. Note it´s not about BB jobs where you have no GUI but about DR directly invoked from GUI wih the appropriate button labeled "Render only elements" :). Is there any (technical) reason for this behaviour?

Good Luck

[denisgo22]

Ok this work
but why i need every time think about strings, when i hit /render elements/???

[Frood]

I need to make this on all 10 slaves????

No, just at your master. If you don´t setup shading.enable = false in the string options then your slaves will still contribute - but unnecessarily slow in this case.

Good Luck