Is it possible to batch render / batch a scene without playing it?

Development Cinematics & Media
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I’m used to working with headless rendering of scenes in Maya and other Cinematic software, (set the scenes, then run a command to batch out each render into a series without needing the UI) I’m wondering if that’s possible with unreal?

My current scene just has a rotating sphere (planet) and I want to render out a bunch of them (randomly setting properties in the sphere) without having to manually go through each scene, set it up, play the editor and record. Is there a way to do this faster and batchable?

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There are a few ways to automate sequence setup and rendering:
Rendering via command line: A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki - Announcements and Releases - Unreal Engine Forums
Via python, see example in engine folder: Engine\Plugins\MovieScene\SequencerScripting\Content\Python\sequencer_examples.py and sequencer_key_examples.py
Via blutility blueprint by enabling plugin “Sequencer Scripting”