please see and advise on these settings

[Crayox13]

Hi guys,
I've posted the whole scene here

http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...ad.php?t=41995

So, I've been trying to clear this scene. I've tested a small corner with several methods. First, that from spot3d that gives universal settings with BF and LC and DMC 1, 100. Yep, that one cleared it lol, but I think there is a smarter way to approach this.

I've tried IR with LC and first image is -3, -1, then I've realized I should increase the first number, so the second is -1, 0 so this "cleared" it but now I have too much detail, and these new noise. So now, whatever I did, I couldn't get rid of that noise. I've tried with BF in secondary and it's still there. Do you know what is generating this?

All help greatly appreciated!

[Crayox13]

I just tried that Universal settings method over night. When I got back in the morning only quarter was render, the estimation was 64 hours. That's just way too long. But there must be a way to do this better! I tried so many methods but all left me with some form of noise and dirty look. What would you guys use for an interior scene with many small lights?

thx

[MikeHampton]

Maybe try Adaptive subdivision AA? If I'm not mistaken, I believe that Adaptive subdivision works better in low light conditions than DMC.

[beestee]

What type of lights are your small lights? It can make rendertimes very heavy to clear VRayLightMtl objects without using portals.