I continue renders with radiosity and don't need to roll back the lines.  I
use the load/save file in the radiosity section as well as the load/save
photons section both in the global area.  All I have to do is hit the run
button with the "+c" in the command line.   I stop my renders (currently one
that takes 5 months to complete (10240x7680)) several times a day and
restart it with just the run button.


"Andrew" <ast### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:3d709f17$1@news.povray.org...
> Radiosity scenes are a pain to finish if you have to roll back 10 lines
> or so.  +C isn't always a viable option.
>
> Maybe the prompt could be implemented, but with a user-defined time
> limit before it activated.  So if you set it at 5 minutes, all your
> "Render -- Crap that's wrong  -- Stop" renders wouldn't ask, but if
> you'd had a real render going, then you'd get prompted before killing it
> by mistake.
>
>
>
> "Tim Nikias" <tim### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
> news:3d709bb0@news.povray.org...
> > You can always continue the trace with +C, so what's
> > the big deal?
> >
> > Still, might be a useful option for long traces. But when
> > I'm modelling scenes and experimenting with lighting, I
> > hit run and stop several times, and clicking on a "yeah, stop
> > the trace" everytime could get annoying.
> >
> > Just my 2 cents worth.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > --
> > Tim Nikias
> > Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
> > Email: Tim### [at] gmxde
> >
> > > A confirmation prompt when you stop the render might be a good idea.
> On
> > more
> > > than one occasion, during an exceptionally long render I've
> accidentally
> > > clicked stop instead of pause, something like that is usually
> followed by
> > > the use of many colourful 4 letter adjectives :-P I know this could
> get
> > > annoying for short test renders, but an option to turn off
> confirmation
> > > should be pretty easy to add (off by default perhaps). I'm just
> thinking
> > for
> > > convenience sake and fewer headaches.
> > >
> > > Just a thought
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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