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Eleven
10-20-2002, 04:43 PM
Hi, i did a tutorial 3dworldmag.com and tried to render it but it is taking aaaages to do so, 24 hours and it only got 1/4 the way :/ is this normal or is there something wrong ?

i uploaded my file to the net should anyone care to take a quick peek at it.
http://iamrazielsmind.com/Cell_model.zip

also i'm using 3d max 5 and running on a 1900+ AMD XP with 256 DDR ram and an ATi radeon 8500 64 mb should this be of concern

thanks !
3rd Dimentia
10-20-2002, 05:28 PM
I'd say the reason it's going so slow is all the raytracing that's going on in there. Lots of layers of refraction and 2 raytraced shadows. To speed things up a bit, turn the ray depth down to what you only absolutely need and also turn off antialiasing in the raytrace settings. Use supersampling in your material instead of antialiasing. I find that adaptive uniform is the best "bang for buck" This will probably speed it all up a bit, but with all that refraction it's going to take a while. Maybe try turning down all the particle facecount too.
Eleven
10-20-2002, 05:57 PM
well thanks for the quick reply, but i think i first need to look up all the lingo before i can adjust the stuff you just said :P
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