Trouble getting speedy local renders in TOPs (with dots)

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Hey all,

The TOPs task dots are super handy to see where a job is, but I can't figure out a way to get TOPs to do a fast local render as well as updating a task dot for each frame.

I've can get a fast local render out directly from the ROP node with this option set -


Is there a way to get that speed with TOPs updating tasks for each frame?

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Pete
Edited by peteski - June 12, 2026 03:34:57

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I don't think so, as that checkbox effectively makes it into a single task
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Yeah I think that's right :/ I just hoped I missed something!
TOPs is great but it just doesn't make sense to use it in this case since the ROP node is so much faster.
I had thought to generate tasks for the frame count, then wait for them to exist with a python node to get the dots Haven't had the random spare time yet...
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