From 511c1d3e39df9e67815e4a5a1dd24386a9fd48fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan <nathanlindsay9@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 13:52:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] WIP: adjust job type logic for flam 3.9

---
 scripts/TalkingHeads Custom Render.js    | 12 +++++++++++-
 scripts/TalkingHeads cycles_optix_gpu.js | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/TalkingHeads Custom Render.js b/scripts/TalkingHeads Custom Render.js
index efbe2ae..bd8b389 100644
--- a/scripts/TalkingHeads Custom Render.js	
+++ b/scripts/TalkingHeads Custom Render.js	
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ const ffmpegIncompatibleImageFormats = new Set([
 // This is not supported by this job type.
 const videoFormats = ['FFMPEG', 'AVI_RAW', 'AVI_JPEG'];
 
+// Align with Flamenco 3.9 simple_blender_render.js: overrides moved from add-on to job type.
+const py_render_settings = `
+import bpy
+r = bpy.context.scene.render
+r.use_file_extension = True
+r.use_overwrite = False
+r.use_placeholder = False
+`;
+
 function compileJob(job) {
     print("Blender Render job submitted");
     print("job: ", job);
@@ -313,11 +322,12 @@ function authorRenderTasks(settings, renderDir, renderOutput) {
             argsBefore: [],
             blendfile: settings.blendfile,
             args: baseArgs.concat([
+                "--python-expr", py_render_settings.trim().split("\n").join("; "),
                 "--render-output", path.join(renderDir, path.basename(renderOutput)),
                 "--render-format", settings.format,
                 "--render-frame", chunk.replaceAll("-", ".."), // Convert to Blender frame range notation.
             ])
-        });
+        }, frameCount(chunk));
         task.addCommand(command);
         renderTasks.push(task);
     }
diff --git a/scripts/TalkingHeads cycles_optix_gpu.js b/scripts/TalkingHeads cycles_optix_gpu.js
index 246f23a..939fd79 100644
--- a/scripts/TalkingHeads cycles_optix_gpu.js	
+++ b/scripts/TalkingHeads cycles_optix_gpu.js	
@@ -151,6 +151,15 @@ const ffmpegIncompatibleImageFormats = new Set([
 // This is not supported by this job type.
 const videoFormats = ['FFMPEG', 'AVI_RAW', 'AVI_JPEG'];
 
+// Align with Flamenco 3.9 simple_blender_render.js: overrides moved from add-on to job type.
+const py_render_settings = `
+import bpy
+r = bpy.context.scene.render
+r.use_file_extension = True
+r.use_overwrite = False
+r.use_placeholder = False
+`;
+
 function compileJob(job) {
   print('Blender Render job submitted');
   print('job: ', job);
@@ -256,6 +265,8 @@ function authorRenderTasks(settings, renderDir, renderOutput) {
     enable_all_optix,
     '--python-expr',
     "import bpy; bpy.context.scene.cycles.device = 'GPU'",
+    '--python-expr',
+    py_render_settings.trim().split('\n').join('; '),
     '--render-output',
     path.join(renderDir, path.basename(renderOutput)),
     '--render-format',
@@ -293,7 +304,7 @@ function authorRenderTasks(settings, renderDir, renderOutput) {
         '--render-frame',
         chunk.replaceAll('-', '..'), // Convert to Blender frame range notation.
       ]),
-    });
+    }, frameCount(chunk));
     task.addCommand(command);
     renderTasks.push(task);
   }