POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : managing long renderings : Re: managing long renderings Server Time
5 Aug 2024 18:22:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: managing long renderings  
From: kevinr
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:15:04
Message: <web.3d58789b6a527aa2fd27925d0@news.povray.org>
>i mean, can i pause it somewhere, then shut down the computer and go to
>sleep and continue rendering the next day?

There's a "Resume Previous Render" option in the WinPOV IDE as well as the
command-line option.  Personally, my record was about a day and a half with
a rather simple but long animation.  Is there a reason you can't leave the
computer on all night?

- Kevin R.

GRUMBLE wrote:
>is there a possibility to manage very long time renderings?
>i mean, can i pause it somewhere, then shut down the computer and go to
>sleep and continue rendering the next day?
>
>and how long was your personal record with still image and with animation?
>:-)
>
>thanks.
>


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