minRender v0.5.10

• Windows nodes come back after Store updates. A Microsoft Store update closes minRender to install the new version. From 0.5.10 on, Windows starts it again straight after the update, minimized to the tray, so the node rejoins the farm by itself. It also restarts minRender if it crashes.
• Safer Store packaging. The Windows package build now refuses to produce a package with capabilities the Store has rejected before.
• macOS. No changes beyond the version number. The plug-ins are now 0.5.10; they only differ from 0.5.9 in their version.
• RNDR companion (tools/rndr-companion, installed separately on RNDR nodes). It now also stops RNDR when a creative app opens while minRender is not running. A new optional keepalive (install.ps1 -KeepAlive) starts minRender again whenever it is not running.

Action needed: Windows nodes: the update to 0.5.10 still closes minRender without restarting it, because 0.5.9 could not ask for a restart. Start minRender once on each node after it updates (or install the companion with -KeepAlive). Later updates restart it on their own.

macOS Installation

Download the DMG below. Open the DMG, then drag the app to your Applications folder.

Windows Installation

Install from the Microsoft Store