On 26/01/14 18:33, IceflakeCS wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I hope someone is able to help me.
> 
> I am quite new to POV-Ray, although I have known about it for 15-20 years.
> 
> When I'm trying to render a scene which takes more than a day to render, I use
> the resuming option. I have read the documentation numerous of times, but I
> can't really get it to work. In the QUICKRES.INI file (I have also tried the
> command line options), I have added the following two lines:
> 
> Continue_Trace=on
> Create_Ini=rerun.ini
> 
> When I start rendering, POV-Ray is creating the rerun.ini file as well as the
> ...pov-state file. The Messages tab also claims "Continued trace......On".
> 
> However, if I have stopped the rendering using the Stop button, and later
> (doesn't matter if I have or have not closed POV-Ray) decide to continue, it
> doesn't matter what I do. I can't resume from where I left off.
> 
> I have tried both command line, like the documentation suggests:
> 
> pvengine64.exe RERUN +C
> (Also tried with rerun.ini instead of RERUN)
> 
> I have tried opening the .pov file in POV-Ray and pushing Run, as well as
> opening the created rerun.ini file pushing Run.
> 
> Is there something I'm missing? Why doesn't POV-Ray continuing rendering my
> scene from where it stopped earlier?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Lennie
> 
> 
Are you using photons and/or radiosity in your scene?

I could be wrong (I usually am) but if you are, photons and radiosity
will be recalculated when you restart your scene unless you have saved
the photon and radiosity files and then reloaded them when you restart
the scene. This (recalculation) will give the impression that the scene
is starting from scratch again.

BTW you don't need +C for the first part of your run, it's only needed
for the second and subsequent runs.

John
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