So Slow

[glorybound]

I'm working on an interior and I will tell you what, 9hrs is the fastest time I can get. IRR + LC doesn't work (light issues) so I'm using BF + LC. I don't even have furniture in yet. The scene isn't anything special. I just finished a 4k exterior with displacement, grass, and trees in 2 hrs. I'll post the scene, but it's 900MB, if anyone is interested in looking at it.

[cheerioboy]

I'd take a peek if I have time at home

[glorybound]

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/...a-54fbdbecb57c

I rendered with a material override, carpet displacement on/off, turned off/on lights, and render times are still high. Currently, I swapped out all lights for simple plane lights, but still 8+ hours. I am stumped!

[joconnell]

Bobby, can you save a max 14 version of the scene file and upload it on it's own?

[super gnu]

pff.. 9 hrs. im doing a swimming pool interior.. its been going for 20 hrs on 17 dual xeons and its only 80% done.

ive done almost everything i can think of to speed it up (including sending it to chaos)

i dream of a 9 hr rendertime.

[vlado]

ive done almost everything i can think of to speed it up (including sending it to chaos)

There didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary in your file; just lots of calculations to wade through...

Best regards,
Vlado

[super gnu]

yep.. i was glad i didnt seem to have made any schoolboy errors.. ive had to add lots more detail since then, so its even slower than when you saw it.

[vlado]

Bobby, thanks for the scene, looking into it now.

Best regards,
Vlado

[glorybound]

Here, is the 2014 version https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/...6-d49df94b8af3

Bobby, can you save a max 14 version of the scene file and upload it on it's own?

[glorybound]

Thank you!

Bobby, thanks for the scene, looking into it now.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Raven]

Having just looked at the scene briefly, to start with I would switch the mesh lights for vray disc lights.
And maybe up the samples on all the lights and reflections. Looks like the AA is working far to hard on this scene.

I will try take a better look at the scene and let you know if I would do any thing more.

[glorybound]

I changed the mesh lights to simple plane lights, which didn't make a difference. Also, I played with samples on lights and reflections, but that didn't help, either. Since I can't use IRR because it's broken, I am wondering if something eternally isn't screwed up.

Having just looked at the scene briefly, to start with I would switch the mesh lights for vray disc lights.
And maybe up the samples on all the lights and reflections. Looks like the AA is working far to hard on this scene.

I will try take a better look at the scene and let you know if I would do any thing more.

[Raven]

To fix your IR problem, in you 2 sided mat Just desaturate the Translucency map. So it cant be an instance of the base materials map.

[glorybound]

Worked, now I can use IRR + LC to speed things up.

[glorybound]

Now, we are talking! It should be done in 45 minutes, baby!