almost every time I render something, it goes white, along with large portions of the screen. Theres no way of telling if the render is going pear shaped until its done.. is this par for the course or is there a workaround? I know I can just render a portion of the screen to test, but its still a pain in the arse since I…
sounds like some process is causing you to switch apps? I know that my mr render window is fine unless I do so, which causes it to go white and not get redrawn until the render's complete. If I start it rendering and just leave maya hands-off it's usually ok.