Rendering sequences using multiple PCs over the network

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Hello everyone,

is there any method to use multiple PCs to rendering out a sequence from Unreal? I’ll explain better.
I had a problem with lightmap that, for big projects, building lightmap could take a large amount of time, then I discovered this method: Unreal Swarm | Unreal Engine Documentation
that, using the Swarm Agent, I was able to distribute the work load to multiple PCs reducing lightmap build time drastically.

Is there a similar way to rendering out sequences from Unreal using different PCs connected to the network?

Thanks

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Swarm Agent is only for lightmaps-baking.
And no you can’t network render a sequence. Your rendertime must be huge :smiley:

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A quick solution would be to set frame ranges for each PC - e.g 0-1000, 1001-2000, 2001-3000…
This can still get time consuming to setup, so I would recommend looking at submitting renders through command line on each PC:
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Sequencer/Workflow/RenderingCmdLine/index.html

Make sure to convert any effects to seeded, otherwise you’ll get pops.

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you could set up batch sequencing
then at the end of the day you run your batch, and it’ll just render out all your frames from what you set up