SMTD 3ds max > Rebuild Render Elements breaks references to RE

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If you are interested how it started, here is where The Saga Begins:

Bizarre File type issue with Tiles Rendering... Update 03/09

So I’m completely confused as to how this happened but… Originally the file was set up as a tif render, I changed this before I sent it to deadline, but can’t remember if it was before or after adding my render elements. Sent a file to render that was a TGA file, and had render elements also TGA files… Sent the job to deadline as tile render, the job completed and the tiles stitched as saved, all as TGA. I then re-queued some tile tasks, and the files were saved as a .tga file but internally…