Le 2025-02-23 à 22:06, 00face a écrit :
> Alain Martel <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:
>> Le 2025-02-23 à 16:13, 00face a écrit :
>>> Alain Martel <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:
>>>> Le 2025-02-21 à 16:16, 00face a écrit :
>>>>> Where is this located or how do I turn it on?:
>>>>>
>>>>> "3.5.7.3 Start Rendering (Go!)/Stop Rendering
>>>>> This is a toggle. If you are not currently rendering, the command Start
>>>>> Rendering instructs POV-Ray for Windows to start rendering the currently loaded
>>>>> POV file with the current settings. While POV-Ray for Windows is rendering, the
>>>>> command reads Stop Rendering and will interrupt the current rendering job. You
>>>>> can continue an interrupted rendering job by selecting 'Continue <filename>'
>>>>> from the Rerun Menu."
>>>>>
>>>>> Rendering a complex image on a cloud computer which will turn off after a while
>>>>> if it gets no user input. I need to be able to stop, then start rendering.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Start the render with the «+c» flag added to the command line.
>>>> You may also add the «continue» parameter in the .ini file when you want
>>>> to continue an interrupted render.
>>>>
>>>> Both will do the same thing : Resume the render where it got
>>>> stopped/interrupted.
>>>
>>> Are these settings different on Windows? I have no such menu. I do have
>>> Continue_Trace=on in my povray.ini file and I have +C in the console bar.
>>>
>> Look just at the top of the editor. You have the resolutions list, and,
>> just to the right, there is a box where you can write some text. That's
>> the command line box. You can put a «+c» to continue an interrupted
>> render there.
>>
>> You can also use it to set the resolution, change the antialias options
>> and other things.
>> +w36000 +h1000 +a0.0001 +r4
>> Will result in an image that is 36000 pixels wide, 1000 pixels high, set
>> the antialias threshold to 0.0001 and use 4 levels of recursion.
> 
> 
> Thank you for the detailed explanation. However, I believe there might be a
> misunderstanding. My current settings are '+W1280 +H720 +A0.05 +AM3 +HR +RVP +R5
> +Q11 +FE +KI1 +KF36 +KFI38 +KFF73 +RS8 +BS4 +B +C'  I am inquiring about how and
> why the settings or menu options differ on Windows.
> 
> There seems to be a disconnect between what is stated on in the codices official
> and otherwise about options that are currently available in the windows build
> GUI. If there is another place I can look for start/stop/restart of renders I
> would greatly appreciate the direction.
> 
It's in the box found here. Second box. The one containing the +a0.0001.

You can start a render from an *.ini file.
If you add : «continue»
alone on a line, then, when you start the render from that *ini file, it 
will resume the rendering of the interrupted scene.

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