POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.animations: slow render using INI file

POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.animations : slow render using INI file		Server Time 24 Nov 2024 11:28:36 EST (-0500)

From: jason lechak
Subject: slow render using INI file
Date: 10 Nov 2000 00:30:08
Message: <3A0B8A3A.D32AF92B@netzero.net>

hello all. I am curious if anyone has experienced an unusually slow
render time when using INI file settings. I am using the explode include
file, and when I automate the animation process by setting the start and
stop frames, and the start clock values in the INI file, it seems to
take about 6 minutes to render an image. however, when I perform the
animation manually, by adjusting the explode_clock value, the same
images take about 15 seconds. Any ideas?

Thanks!

jason

Post a reply to this message

From: Chris Colefax
Subject: Re: slow render using INI file
Date: 10 Nov 2000 22:20:20
Message: <3a0cbaf4@news.povray.org>

jason lechak <fro### [at] netzeronet> wrote:
> hello all. I am curious if anyone has experienced an unusually slow
> render time when using INI file settings. I am using the explode include
> file, and when I automate the animation process by setting the start and
> stop frames, and the start clock values in the INI file, it seems to
> take about 6 minutes to render an image. however, when I perform the
> animation manually, by adjusting the explode_clock value, the same
> images take about 15 seconds. Any ideas?

This is a problem with the bounding threshold setting POV-Ray uses to
optimise renderings.  If you specify Bounding_Threshold=0 in your INI file,
you should find that performance greatly improves...

Post a reply to this message

From: Matt Giwer
Subject: Re: slow render using INI file
Date: 11 Nov 2000 18:01:21
Message: <3A0DCFBE.DEBE1FCE@ij.net>

jason lechak wrote:
> 
> hello all. I am curious if anyone has experienced an unusually slow
> render time when using INI file settings. I am using the explode include
> file, and when I automate the animation process by setting the start and
> stop frames, and the start clock values in the INI file, it seems to
> take about 6 minutes to render an image. however, when I perform the
> animation manually, by adjusting the explode_clock value, the same
> images take about 15 seconds. Any ideas?

	I have not noticed having that problem so I have not tried to solve it. 

	But I have used, 

		#if (condition) then use external parameter file 

	which can vary like a clock when incremented as well as change other
parameters. 

	Since POV can't treat differently hand changed parameters from those
read from a file you might try it. 

-- 
Revisionists are sneaky bastards. They always deal 
in facts and figures. 
	-- The Iron Webmaster, 196

Post a reply to this message