On 28 Jun 2000 23:41:08 -0400, daishi wrote:
>ron### [at] povrayorg (Ron Parker) wrote in
><slr### [at] linuxparkerrfwicom>: 
>
>>On 28 Jun 2000 23:35:08 -0400, daishi wrote:
>>>if I'm not mistaken there is a way to save the radisoisty file in
>>>pov-ray. would making sure each time you did radisoity you saved the
>>>file work around the problem?
>>
>>For continued renders, yes.  I'll leave the question of whether it would
>>help parallel rendering as an exercise for the reader.
>>
>
>me thinks I'll try this tomorrow....

Well, that confirms my suspicions.  The answer to that question does not
require research, just a little (very little) thought.

(hint: if you don't have the radiosity cache you need for line 10 until you
finish line 9, how are you going to render line 10 in parallel with line 1?)

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

Post a reply to this message