190h05m and still rendering

Started by TheBadger, February 28, 2012, 09:53:25 PM

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TheBadger

Quote from: Oshyan on March 10, 2012, 04:18:45 PM
Badger, I can give you access to an FTP account where you could upload >2GB of data, if need be. Would that work? Or do you think the connection might get interrupted before the full 2GB would transfer?

Actually, would I would suggest is this: compress *all* assets of the project with 7-zip or a 7-zip-capable compressor (ZipGenius, IzArc, etc.), and if possible set it to *split* the archive into say 100MB parts. Then you can upload each part individually and if the connection does get interrupted, much less upload time would be lost. Hopefully the 7-zip compression would also being down the file size a fair amount. I've had good luck compressing OBJ files in the past, sometimes up to 40% or better compression.

Let me know when you're ready to transfer and I'll get you the upload access info. Or if you prefer something other than FTP we can work that out too.

- Oshyan

Hi Oshyan,
I'm familiar with FTP in general terms. So unless you can warn me of any security concerns with my network, I should be fine with using one. It will as I understand it, be much faster to upload than a file sharing site.
I am rendering a crop of the bottom left corner now, it looks like it will take several more hours to finish. I will prepare the zip after that. You should be able to take a look tonight or tomorrow. You can send to my inbox if the nature of the FTP is privet, or let me know the details here, whatever is best in your view.
And thank you again for the personalized support, very cool of you.

@Kadri,
I will post the terrain file with my settings intact as you asked when this render is finished. I thought it would be done when I woke up. Nope :(

@DandelO
That sounds like a great idea to me, Martin. I would love to see any project you make with IvyGen! I did read some resent post in the general conversation section of this forum on poloy reduction. If you can figure that stuff out as it relates to IvyGen and TG2 that would be great. I think my project would give people a lot of ideas for ivygen and TG2, but as everyone now knows, there are some serious concerns with large scale ivy work.  ;)
It has been eaten.

dandelO

I'll have to try and navigate the atrium in the actual IG first, never imported it there before, it's a kind of closed object so I'll have a go later at trying to navigate inside it without having to break up the model. Otherwise, I'll probably just take the lower floors in and use the ivy on the whole model. Probably give it a go tonight/tomorrow to begin with.
I used the Ivy Generator before about 2-3 years ago with TG2 to cover a small bridge crossing a stream and it worked just fine, except as you know, the minor niggle of everything being mirrored and some texture map issues with the default .png files, which was easily fixed. I'll post later if I get anywhere. :)

Oshyan

Yeah, FTP should let you upload at your max outgoing speed, and I can download at my max download speed, no limitations. I have PM'd you the FTP access info. Looking forward to checking out this file and seeing if there are any possible revelations in settings to make it render faster. Quite possibly not. ;)

- Oshyan

TheBadger

Hi Oshyan
I think I still have an a free FTP app I had to use a few times back at school, so no problem. I am still waiting on the crop of the bottom left corner to finish. Its at 16 hours now. As soon as its finished I will 7z the files. and send them!

QuoteLooking forward to checking out this file and seeing if there are any possible revelations in settings to make it render faster. Quite possibly not.

I accept this. If we can get it going faster GREAT. If not, I am resolved to do all of the shots from this project the hard way. It will throw me off schedule a bit though.
It has been eaten.

Oshyan

If you need a free FTP app, I recommend Filezilla.

- Oshyan

TheBadger

Oshyan,

I sent it. Please let me no if there are any problems with the transfer.
Thank you.
It has been eaten.

Oshyan

It compressed down beautifully! From 2.6GB down to 375MB. Files received successfully and I'll take a look a them shortly. Got some other things already rendering at the moment though, so not right away. ;)

- Oshyan

TheBadger

Thanks Oshyan
Thats great news for me. I would have been embarrassed if I screwed up the transfer.
I look forward to hearing your Ideas for improvement.
It has been eaten.

Oshyan

Wow, Badger, how much memory are you working with?

- Oshyan

TheBadger

32GB, but my renders never use more than, Id say 10-15gb. I don't know why. I wish I could set it up to use nearly all my memory, so that everything would go faster. I have also started looking into over clocking my mac.
It has been eaten.

Oshyan

It's never going to use more memory than it needs to and forcing it to use more isn't generally going to help. Memory is by far not the greatest determinant of speed, it's CPU resources that really affect render speed. More memory just helps the CPU do what it needs to do.

Anyway, I only ask because I've got 16GB and this scene file is causing me some memory issues, much to my surprise! I will see if I'll be able to load it properly at all, but if I do I doubt I'll be able to render it at the resolution you were doing. We'll see...

- Oshyan

TheBadger

Quotethis scene file is causing me some memory issues, much to my surprise!
lol, If I can surprise you guys for any reason, than Im happy even if its because I do something strange or wrong. At least I'm original! ;)
It has been eaten.

Oshyan

Did you create and load each one of these ivy objects by hand/manually?

- Oshyan

TheBadger

Quote from: Oshyan on March 12, 2012, 01:25:25 AM
Did you create and load each one of these ivy objects by hand/manually?

- Oshyan

Yes.
It has been eaten.

Oshyan

Wow. That's dedication. ;D

- Oshyan