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Spot Render with a mind of its own?

DDCreateDDCreate Posts: 1,404
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I was wondering if anyone else is experiancing this too. Over the last week or so when I do spot renders. I'll cancel it but Daz will essentially freeze and the spot render tool will continue.

Me: Okay, let's check this wine glass to make sure it's placed correctly on the bar top.

Spot Render: Let's Do it!!

(render for a few minutes and it is correct)

Me: Okay, that's good enough. You can stop now.

Spot Render: LEROOOOYYYYY JENKIIIINS!!

and then it won't quit until the spot render reaches 100%. Does anyone know what could be causing this to happen?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,907

    Iray or 3Delight? And, not that it should matter, rendering to a new window or to the viewport?

  • DDCreateDDCreate Posts: 1,404

    I render in Iray. And I'm just spot rendering to check positioning and collision and that happens in Viewport.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,907

    It cacnels isntantly for me if it's actually rendering, if it's in the preparatory stages it has to complete those but it then stops without rendering (I just get a block of transparency over the rectangle I selected).

  • DDCreateDDCreate Posts: 1,404

    Yeah that's how it used to be for me too. I was afraid it was something that might only be happening on my computer. I just hoped that with the millions of little controls and functions in Daz, there may have been a magic bullet to stop it from doing this. Oh well. Hopefully it goes away but if not I guess I could try re-installing? That wouldn't hurt anything would it? My content folders are all set to the default locations that Daz selects. I never move anything because I'm afraid I'll lose it.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,907

    If it's a setting then reinstalling won't do anything - in general reinstalling an application should leave preferences and so on as they were.

  • DDCreateDDCreate Posts: 1,404
    edited May 2017

    Oh I didn't change any preference or setting to make this happen. It just started happening. I didn't even know there were any Spot Render settings honestly. Let alone an option for "Ignore Cancel Button and do what you want Daz" lol

    Post edited by DDCreate on
  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    This problem comes and goes for me. Generally if I restart my entire computer the problem is fixed. 

    I also (finally) got a 1070 card recently, and because the CPU+GPU doesn't improve rendering times much, I now leave the CPU unticked. This allows the computer itself to be more responsive. This has improved the reaction speed for spot, and NVIDIA viewport, and overall render canceling requests.

  • DDCreateDDCreate Posts: 1,404

    Good tip Tobor! Thank you. I have been saving for a new GPU so hopefully that will alleviate it. Glad to know it's not my computer, just one of those little tics in the system. Not a tragic one, just a little frustrating when I'm trying to move on but Spot Render decides to try and impress me lol.

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