Cannot render from Render Queue

For two days now I have been battling with trying to render out an exr sequence from the queue within UE 5.5, I have followed 3 or 4 seperate tutorials but to no avail. The queue appears to be rendering the frames but when imported to my NLE they are all completely black, I have selected the correct camera for render, I have input and reinput the settings but still get nothing. If it’s not rendering black frames it will render from a view under my map with weird looking, blue, semi-transparent geometry and the camera is frozen. This process could be so much easier. Right click on the timeline to be rendered > select add to movie render queue > adjust settings > render - why is it so longwinded and difficult to understand?

Anyway, I’d like to hear from anyone who’s experienced anything similar and found a solution, thanks!