yesterday i installed the new 1.46.05 version and tried lightmaps for the first time.
i thought that lightmaps are faster then QMC but when i render the same scene with lightmaps it takes longer. :roll:
irradiance map for first bounce + qmc for second = 11800 seconds
irradicance map for first bounce + lightmap for second = 13600 seconds
i have a ground plane with displacement and most objects are glossy metal objects.
irradiance map was on high settings and lightmaps are on default settings, only disabled store direct lights.
natty
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In my experience Lightmap’s do take longer when Displacment is involved…why i dont know .. ? take the displacment off and see what happens.
ok will look how the difference is without displacement.
another problem i noticed is, that max freezes for 10 minutes when i chancel a rendering.
first i thought that vray has crashed max but then i let the system alone for some time and as i go back max was there again.
that is very annoying!
The freeze seems mostly due to releasing the memory when doing a displacement