My License

Started by WAS, December 21, 2024, 12:09:38 AM

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WAS

Hi! Is my license expired? I am not sure.

I am planning on getting another expensive ass computer to use Terragen. For some reason on my i9 the computer just shuts off, and my PSU is overkill, and it doesn't appear to be overheating, but I think it is spiking and not reporting. So want to get one that has two blocks for cooling the CPU instead of one 3 fan block.

On that note still concerned why Terragen is so heavy on CPUs without regard for chip safety. Blender, max, even AI models killing my CPU at 100% through hours data aggregation doesn't cause me crash.

Kevin Kipper

Hi WAS,

I've replied to your license question from our support email system.

For anyone else curious about their license's maintenance expiration, you can always select the "Show License Info" under Terragen's Help menu.

Regarding "...without regard for chip safety...and crashing",  I've rendered projects using multiple instances of Terragen 4 Professional on a Windows 10 Threadripper system utilizing 100% of the CPUs for 24/7 hours a day, for over two weeks without a single crash.  Perhaps what you're experiencing is project related?

WAS

It could be project related. Seems common with projects with heavy clouds.  Like cloud-based projects such as the Nebula project(s) shared by that user who I cannot recall off the top of my head, they are extremely heavy taking so long to render. That's the last one I tried. But I can't see how some warped fractals and couple v3s could be wrong themselves more than just computationally heavy inherently

I know others have confirmed random crashes over the decades frequently as well during rendering, and wishing we could resume renders, cause once you do, you often loose a night/days worth of time.

Usually the issues registered by my systems is a kernel power fault (overheating I am sure), and illegal memory exceptions. With my current i9 it's a shame cause I have some best times on the benchmark chart when I tested the system, but can't seem to use TG with clouded projects without overheating.