Short answerAfter two paid attempts on the same shot without an accepted result it must stop, say what it tried and offer alternatives, so it never burns credits in a loop. Any reply from you unlocks one more attempt. Yes and No answer its last question; Confirm plan approves a plan card.
The two-attempts rule
Every tool that spends credits on a shot (a retake, a shot re-render, a group re-render, a split, an insert) counts against that exact target: this episode, this segment, this group, this shot. After two attempts without a take being accepted, the next attempt is refused by the system, not by the agent's mood. It then has to:
- say in one line what was tried and why it did not land,
- offer two or three alternatives, typically a free still shot, a split or a text change followed by a single-shot render, or leaving the shot as it is,
- wait.
If the shot is short and static, it may run the free still-shot route straight away instead of asking.
What unlocks another attempt
Your next message. Each reply grants one more attempt on that target, so "try once more with the reference attached" works, and so does "leave it". An accepted result resets the counter to zero.
The rule exists because a re-render of the same text rolls the same dice. Two misses usually mean the text or the references need changing, not the dice.
Yes, No and Confirm
- When its last line is a yes-or-no question, two quick keys appear: Yes sends "Yes, go ahead"; No sends "No, hold on".
- A plan card (for a new series) or a fix plan card (for a fix that touches several shots or another episode) has Confirm plan and Revise or Cancel. A bare "Confirm" typed into the chat answers the most recent pending card in that thread, whatever the page is showing.
- Apply and Reject on a script proposal write or discard the new version; only one proposal is pending per episode.
Stopping it
The ✕ next to the input cancels before the next step. Renders already kicked off still finish and report back. To stop a whole episode run, ask it to cancel the run; queued renders finish on their own.
When it says it cannot
"Something failed on my side (…)" is a tool error; retry once. If it declines to publish, approve or quote a price, that is by design, see what it can do.
Still stuck? Email support@dawnwood.ai with your account email, the series, the episode and the segment or group — see what to include.