William F Pokorny <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> On 2/24/25 17:59, 00face wrote:
> > Work_Threads=8
> > continue
> > //end
> >
> > It starts with an image of the previous run, but it's just starting at 0% and
> > rendering over the last frame of the previous run, rather than starting where it
> > left off.
>
> I've not been following this thread closely as I don't run on windows,
> but that 'continue' string caught my eye. I assume this is really
> pointing to a "continue.ini" file?
>
> Did you create that file or is it some automatic windows interface thing?
>
> What is in it?
>
> Prior to trying to continue, do you see a state file with a .pov-state
> suffix for the frame number for which you are trying to continue the
> render? It will be in the directory where you are saving your frame images.
>
> ---
>
> You must be running v3.7 as you don't have v3.8's
> create_continue_trace_log= ?
>
> I'll attach my current yuqk documentation for continue_trace= / +c. The
> implementation is slightly different and I'm running on linux, but I
> expect the issues one might see are often similar. Maybe something
> therein a help.
>
> Bill P.

William F Pokorny <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> On 2/24/25 17:59, 00face wrote:
> > Work_Threads=8
> > continue
> > //end
> >
> > It starts with an image of the previous run, but it's just starting at 0% and
> > rendering over the last frame of the previous run, rather than starting where it
> > left off.
>
> I've not been following this thread closely as I don't run on windows,
> but that 'continue' string caught my eye. I assume this is really
> pointing to a "continue.ini" file?
>
> Did you create that file or is it some automatic windows interface thing?
>
> What is in it?
>
> Prior to trying to continue, do you see a state file with a .pov-state
> suffix for the frame number for which you are trying to continue the
> render? It will be in the directory where you are saving your frame images.
>
> ---
>
> You must be running v3.7 as you don't have v3.8's
> create_continue_trace_log= ?
>
> I'll attach my current yuqk documentation for continue_trace= / +c. The
> implementation is slightly different and I'm running on linux, but I
> expect the issues one might see are often similar. Maybe something
> therein a help.
>
> Bill P.
Thank you very much for taking the time. I have been reading the documents over
and over, some for UNIX some for LINUX, have not really seen anything
specifically for Windows, so it's been trial and error for what commands work.
That said Create_Ini=rerun.ini is what I am having created from povray.ini which
updates and is assisted by pvengine.ini. I would love to see you in the Discord
channel for POV-Ray on my server.

I am currently running my render AGAIN lol, so the rerun.ini below is the
current one generated. If my daily driver wasn't virtualized in the cloud, I
wouldn't be in this situation, this wouldn't be an issue. But here we are.

Do you recommend I use the beta 3.8 over 3.7. 🖖🏼 Again thanks
for your time so far.

//global settings from marbles_dell_abstract_photons.pov START

#version 3.7;
global_settings {
    assumed_gamma 1.0
    photons {
        count 100000          // Number of photons to shoot
        gather 20, 100        // Min/max photons to gather at each point
        jitter 0.4            // Jitter for sampling light rays
        max_trace_level 5     // Same as main trace level
        media 100, 1.5        // Enable media photons with max steps of 100
    }
    radiosity {
        pretrace_start 0.002
        pretrace_end 0.001
        count 1600
        gray_threshold 0.5
        nearest_count 1
        error_bound 0.8
        recursion_limit 1
        minimum_reuse 0.015
        maximum_reuse 0.3
        brightness 1
    }
    max_trace_level 5
    adc_bailout 0.01/255
}

//global settings from marbles_dell_abstract_photons.pov END

|------------------------------------------------------------------------...

//povray.ini START

Width = 800
;
;
; Height of image in pixels.  Accepts integer values.
;
Height = 600
;
; Sets minimum number of objects before auto bounding kicks in.
;
;
;
; Turn display on
Display=On
;
; Turn verbose mode on
Verbose=On

; Continue Settings
Continue_Trace=on
Create_Ini=rerun.ini

Library_Path="C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\LGEO"
Library_Path="C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\LGEO\lg"
Library_Path="C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\LGEO\ar"
Output_File_Type=N
All_Console=On
Verbose=on
Pause_When_Done=on

//povray.ini END

|------------------------------------------------------------------------...

//rerun.ini START

All_Console=On
Antialias_Depth=1
Antialias=On
Antialias_Threshold=0.1
Continue_Trace=On
Create_Ini="rerun.ini"
Display=On
Height=2160
Input_File_Name="D:\.art\WAP\marbles_dell_abstract_photons.pov"
Library_Path="C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\LGEO"
Library_Path="C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\LGEO\lg"
Library_Path="C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\LGEO\ar"
Library_Path="C:\Users\Shadow\Documents\POV-Ray\v3.7\include"
Library_Path="C:\WINDOWS\Fonts"
Output_File_Type=E
Output_To_File=On
Pause_When_Done=On
Quality=11
Render_Pattern=2
Sampling_Method=2
Verbose=On
Width=3840
Work_Threads=8

//rerun.ini END

|------------------------------------------------------------------------...

//pvengine.ini START

[Permitted Input Paths]
1=%INSTALLDIR%
2=%PROFILEDIR%
3=%FONTDIR%
4="C:\Program Files\LDraw (64 Bit)\LGEO"
5="C:\Program Files\LDraw (64 Bit)\LGEO\lg"
6="C:\Program Files\LDraw (64 Bit)\LGEO\ar"

[Permitted Output Paths]
1=%PROFILEDIR%\Insert Menu

[GUIExtensions]
UseExtensions=1

[Scripting]
ReadWriteSourceDir=1
NoShellOuts=1

[RTR]
VideoSource=

[Info]
Rendering=1

[General]
RunCount=3
CommandLine=+W3840 +H2160 +AM2 +A0.1 +R1 +Q11 +FE +RP2 +C
TextColour=16777215
WarningColour=65535
ErrorColour=16776960
BackgroundColour=4128799
DropToEditor=1
LastRenderName=marbles_dell_abstract_photons.pov
LastRenderPath=D:\.art\WAP\
LastQueuePath=C:\Users\Shadow\Documents\POV-Ray\v3.7\Scenes
SecondaryINISection=[480x270, 16:9 AA 0.3]
VersionNo64=3.7.0.msvc10.win64
LastBitmapName=*.bmp
LastBitmapPath=C:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\Tiles
LastINIPath=C:\USERS\SHADOW\DOCUMENTS\POV-RAY\V3.7\INI
SecondaryINIFile=C:\USERS\SHADOW\DOCUMENTS\POV-RAY\V3.7\INI\QUICKRES.INI
BackgroundFile=0
SaveSettingsOnExit=1
TileBackground=0
HideNewUserHelp=0
CheckNewVersion=1
SendSystemInfo=1
ItsAboutTime=1740849436
VersionNo32=3.7.0.msvc10.win32
[Editor]
LastPath=C:\Users\Shadow\Documents\POV-Ray\v3.7\Scenes\Advanced
[ToolBar]
Band0Width=543
Band1Width=200
Band2Width=200
Band3Width=180
Band4Width=405
[MainWindow]
ShowCmd=1
NormalPositionLeft=193
NormalPositionTop=0
NormalPositionRight=975
NormalPositionBottom=740
UseToolbar=1
UseTooltips=1
[RenderWindow]
NormalPositionX=478
NormalPositionY=73
Flags=536870912
Transparency=128
Use8BitMode=0
MakeActive=1
KeepAboveMain=1
HideWhenMainMinimized=1
AutoClose=0
PreserveBitmap=1
[Messages]
FontSize=8
FontWeight=400
Font=Lucida Console
KeepMessages=0
[Renderer]
AlertSound=64
Completion=2243
Priority=2305
DutyCycle=9
AlertOnCompletion=1
AutoRender=1
PreventSleep=1
NoShelloutWait=1
SystemNoActive=1
[Sounds]
RenderCompleteSoundEnabled=1
ParseErrorSoundEnabled=1
RenderErrorSoundEnabled=1
RenderCompleteSound=C:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\sounds\Render Finished.wav
ParseErrorSound=C:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\sounds\Parse Error.wav
RenderErrorSound=C:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\sounds\Render Cancelled.wav
[LastRender]
SceneFile=povray
CurrentDirectory=D:\.art\WAP
SourceFile=D:\.art\WAP\marbles_dell_abstract_photons.pov
OutputFile=
IniOutputFile=
[DontShowAgain]
RenderwinClose=1
OutputFileLocation=1
RenderErrorSound=1
ParserErrorSound=1
RenderCompleteSound=1
DropFiles=1
[FileQueue]
QueueCount=0
Output_File_Type=N
All_Console=On
Verbose=on
Pause_When_Done=on
Vista_Buffer=On

//pvengine.ini END

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