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Hmm.. When we first set-up the render farm, I'm *sure* we tried using the net queue to render a FLIC on -ANY- machine. What happened was that all the machines started rendering the same FLIC which, as you say, won't work due to the FLIC file format (I guess). However, recently, we've been starting the same type of renders to ANY and only one machine picks up the project and renders the whole lot. If it fails part way through (and our renders often take several days…) then a simple CLEAN allows the same or another machine to pick it up where the failed machine finished? Is this how it should work? It works fine when producing single images but the artists tell me that glueing this lot back together takes ages. I want to follow this one up. On the subject of net rendering and the queue… (forgive me, I'm not a 3DS user BTW, I'm a techie 🙂 If you queue a render on a single machine and it fails (marked as FAILED in the queue), then why does CLEAN remove job entirely? It usually fails because the machine either crashes or looses it's network connection. I would have expected it to allow the same system to carry on. We seem to have to restart the render which is a pain. Also, most of our large FLICS use a medium palette. Once again, my knowledge is a little sketchy here. I believe this means that the render produces FLICs contain individual colours per frame. At the very end of the render, the FLIC is then processed to find the best single 256 colour palette which is then mapped to all frames. In this case, the EDIT QUEUE display is incorrect. The process is marked as finished when the last frame completes – not when the colour process has finished. Thanks for your assistance BTW. Regards, Rob @ Mirage Ltd. P.S. Sorry for posting in the wrong section.