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Note that none of the preceeding explains the differences in Wire Mode (Units vs. Pixels) rendering, or the failure of SMOKE.SXP parameters to follow the network, or the failure of NEW-SUBTRACTIVE-TRANSPARENCY to follow, or gamma, etc. I'm pretty sure the last two are because those functions aren't stored in the .PRJ file. My suggested fix (which would require no UI changes, and thus should be palatable to AutoDesk) is to save an additional .NPM (Network ParaMeters) file each time a Net Render is initiated. This file would pass information not stored in the .PRJ which could affect rendering in any way, including overrides for gamma settings, NEW-SUBTRACTIVE, any other parameters (AA-KERNAL, for instance), etc. which could possibly make even one pixel's worth of difference. The Slaves would read this file and set the appropriate parameters after loading the .PRJ for each frame.