i think i fixed it. i enabled default scanline and rendered the image. then i re-enabled vray, and it seems to be rendering the image. i only need to input my irradiance, lightcache, and AA settings, etc. again.
it seems that if I save a raw file and rename the extension to exr something breaks and my image doesn’t render. If I rename to a hdr everything works. I have another question… if I save a raw do I need to save it on my shared drive or can I save it locally? Is it saving the VFB? It seems that all the slaves are contributing tho the VFB so if the data is being displayed in the VFB then I should be able to same the raw locally.