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A render node needs the same add-on code.\r\n\r\n[GarageFarm](https://garagefarm.net/documentation/blender), [RebusFarm](https://rebusfarm.net/support-en/faq), and [Blendergrid](https://blendergrid.com/faqs) manage add-ons on their farms. GarageFarm checks extra add-ons on request. RebusFarm flags unsupported plug-ins. Blendergrid publishes its installed list and handles activation through support.\r\n\r\nSuperluminal instead packages the non-default add-ons that you select for each job. It installs and enables them before the first frame renders.\r\n\r\n## Choose the add-ons that affect the image\r\n\r\nThe **Include Enabled Addons** panel lists enabled, non-default add-ons. Superluminal itself does not appear in the list.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSelect an add-on when the scene needs its geometry, nodes, cameras, importers, or render hooks. Interface tools do not need to run on a render node.\r\n\r\n## The project and add-ons upload separately\r\n\r\nSuperluminal builds a separate archive for the selected add-ons. The submission terminal reports packaging, upload, installation, and activation errors.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSee [Add-ons and dependencies](/docs/blender-addon/addons-and-dependencies) for package details. See [project dependencies](/dependencies) for linked files and caches.\r\n\r\n## Check licenses and compiled components\r\n\r\nSuperluminal transfers the add-on code. It cannot transfer a license seat, a machine-bound activation, or an account with an outside service. Confirm that the license allows render-farm use before you submit.\r\n\r\nRender nodes run Linux. A pure-Python add-on runs without changes. An add-on with compiled components needs Linux builds of those components. An add-on that calls an online service needs that service to accept requests from the render node.\r\n\r\nRender one representative frame first. Compare it with a local render of the same frame before you start the full range. A missing add-on effect appears in that comparison, not in the submission log.", "readingTime": "3 min read", "toc": [ { "id": "choose-the-add-ons-that-affect-the-image", "title": "Choose the add-ons that affect the image", "level": 2 }, { "id": "the-project-and-add-ons-upload-separately", "title": "The project and add-ons upload separately", "level": 2 }, { "id": "check-licenses-and-compiled-components", "title": "Check licenses and compiled components", "level": 2 } ], "wordCount": 302, "articleOrder": 15 } }