Working in 2 instances

Loony

Hello,

I am a bit annoyed, that I can't play anymore with my wonderful daz3d, after I started a Render, so I asked myself, how good/possible is it to run a second instance?

I made it last week during a converting, I converted 300 G3F Clothes to G8F and did in a other Instance work, it worked pretty good until I had in my working instance a crash, lucky the converting instance did stay active.

 

What I would assume is, I should NOT touch the Iray Preview during a active render, because the GPU will run already on 100% and it could kill the render/GPU then.

So I could setup the next Scene just in the Studioview.

How is your experience, anything you guys and girls can share with me?

 

Thanks.

 

 

Catherine3678ab

Loony said:

Hello,

I am a bit annoyed, that I can't play anymore with my wonderful daz3d, after I started a Render, so I asked myself, how good/possible is it to run a second instance?

I made it last week during a converting, I converted 300 G3F Clothes to G8F and did in a other Instance work, it worked pretty good until I had in my working instance a crash, lucky the converting instance did stay active.

 

What I would assume is, I should NOT touch the Iray Preview during a active render, because the GPU will run already on 100% and it could kill the render/GPU then.

So I could setup the next Scene just in the Studioview.

How is your experience, anything you guys and girls can share with me?

 

Thanks.

 

The matter has already been discussed in other threads. One can now only run one instance of D/S.

And yes, when rendering D/S is not to be touched although one can minimize and depending upon their computer, play with another program.

fixmypcmike

Catherine3678ab said:

Loony said:

Hello,

I am a bit annoyed, that I can't play anymore with my wonderful daz3d, after I started a Render, so I asked myself, how good/possible is it to run a second instance?

I made it last week during a converting, I converted 300 G3F Clothes to G8F and did in a other Instance work, it worked pretty good until I had in my working instance a crash, lucky the converting instance did stay active.

 

What I would assume is, I should NOT touch the Iray Preview during a active render, because the GPU will run already on 100% and it could kill the render/GPU then.

So I could setup the next Scene just in the Studioview.

How is your experience, anything you guys and girls can share with me?

 

Thanks.

 

The matter has already been discussed in other threads. One can now only run one instance of D/S.

And yes, when rendering D/S is not to be touched although one can minimize and depending upon their computer, play with another program.

You can run multiple instances of DS, but the process is a little different, to make sure the instances don't step over each other, as they could in previous versions.

Loony

Catherine3678ab said:

Loony said:

Hello,

I am a bit annoyed, that I can't play anymore with my wonderful daz3d, after I started a Render, so I asked myself, how good/possible is it to run a second instance?

I made it last week during a converting, I converted 300 G3F Clothes to G8F and did in a other Instance work, it worked pretty good until I had in my working instance a crash, lucky the converting instance did stay active.

 

What I would assume is, I should NOT touch the Iray Preview during a active render, because the GPU will run already on 100% and it could kill the render/GPU then.

So I could setup the next Scene just in the Studioview.

How is your experience, anything you guys and girls can share with me?

 

Thanks.

 

The matter has already been discussed in other threads. One can now only run one instance of D/S.

And yes, when rendering D/S is not to be touched although one can minimize and depending upon their computer, play with another program.

Well, I made today a Render in Instance 1 and did in Instance 2 made some Outline 3DL Renders. So you are wrong, it was (for me) always possible to run 2 instances.

The question is just how save is it and how danger is it to run iray 2x and is it possible to use the iray preview? And what will happen if nstance 2 loads a Set/scene that needs more GB, will it kill the Render in the other Instance?

 

fixmypcmike

Loony said:

Catherine3678ab said:

Loony said:

Hello,

I am a bit annoyed, that I can't play anymore with my wonderful daz3d, after I started a Render, so I asked myself, how good/possible is it to run a second instance?

I made it last week during a converting, I converted 300 G3F Clothes to G8F and did in a other Instance work, it worked pretty good until I had in my working instance a crash, lucky the converting instance did stay active.

 

What I would assume is, I should NOT touch the Iray Preview during a active render, because the GPU will run already on 100% and it could kill the render/GPU then.

So I could setup the next Scene just in the Studioview.

How is your experience, anything you guys and girls can share with me?

 

Thanks.

 

The matter has already been discussed in other threads. One can now only run one instance of D/S.

And yes, when rendering D/S is not to be touched although one can minimize and depending upon their computer, play with another program.

Well, I made today a Render in Instance 1 and did in Instance 2 made some Outline 3DL Renders. So you are wrong, it was (for me) always possible to run 2 instances.

The question is just how save is it and how danger is it to run iray 2x and is it possible to use the iray preview? And what will happen if nstance 2 loads a Set/scene that needs more GB, will it kill the Render in the other Instance?

 

I assume you're using a version of DS before 4.12.1.16?  Not only will they both use the VRAM, they will also use the same temp files.  Using the newer DS with a slightly different method of running multiple instances they will have separate temp file locations, but they still will both be using the VRAM on the card.

Loony

I have the last version before the current update (which is not stable enough, so far I know). But Still 4.12 :)

4.12.0.86

 

 

fixmypcmike

Yes, that version still has the bug that allows multiple instances to use the same temp folders.

Loony

Yeah, BUT it works :)

Catherine3678ab

Loony said:

Catherine3678ab said:

Loony said:

Hello,

I am a bit annoyed, that I can't play anymore with my wonderful daz3d, after I started a Render, so I asked myself, how good/possible is it to run a second instance?

I made it last week during a converting, I converted 300 G3F Clothes to G8F and did in a other Instance work, it worked pretty good until I had in my working instance a crash, lucky the converting instance did stay active.

 

What I would assume is, I should NOT touch the Iray Preview during a active render, because the GPU will run already on 100% and it could kill the render/GPU then.

So I could setup the next Scene just in the Studioview.

How is your experience, anything you guys and girls can share with me?

 

Thanks.

 

The matter has already been discussed in other threads. One can now only run one instance of D/S.

And yes, when rendering D/S is not to be touched although one can minimize and depending upon their computer, play with another program.

Well, I made today a Render in Instance 1 and did in Instance 2 made some Outline 3DL Renders. So you are wrong, it was (for me) always possible to run 2 instances.

The question is just how save is it and how danger is it to run iray 2x and is it possible to use the iray preview? And what will happen if nstance 2 loads a Set/scene that needs more GB, will it kill the Render in the other Instance?

 

Thank you but I am not wrong ... the most recent edition "as is" does not permit multiple instances. Some folk are running scripts to enable them to do so. Info is somewhere else on the boards.

With previous editions Hexagon could open a second instance but that too was tested and the findings came back that now, no.

 

Loony

I use the last stable daz version and it runs without problems in 2 instances, no script used.

Richard Haseltine

Catherine3678ab said:

Loony said:

Catherine3678ab said:

Loony said:

Hello,

I am a bit annoyed, that I can't play anymore with my wonderful daz3d, after I started a Render, so I asked myself, how good/possible is it to run a second instance?

I made it last week during a converting, I converted 300 G3F Clothes to G8F and did in a other Instance work, it worked pretty good until I had in my working instance a crash, lucky the converting instance did stay active.

 

What I would assume is, I should NOT touch the Iray Preview during a active render, because the GPU will run already on 100% and it could kill the render/GPU then.

So I could setup the next Scene just in the Studioview.

How is your experience, anything you guys and girls can share with me?

 

Thanks.

 

The matter has already been discussed in other threads. One can now only run one instance of D/S.

And yes, when rendering D/S is not to be touched although one can minimize and depending upon their computer, play with another program.

Well, I made today a Render in Instance 1 and did in Instance 2 made some Outline 3DL Renders. So you are wrong, it was (for me) always possible to run 2 instances.

The question is just how save is it and how danger is it to run iray 2x and is it possible to use the iray preview? And what will happen if nstance 2 loads a Set/scene that needs more GB, will it kill the Render in the other Instance?

 

Thank you but I am not wrong ... the most recent edition "as is" does not permit multiple instances. Some folk are running scripts to enable them to do so. Info is somewhere else on the boards.

With previous editions Hexagon could open a second instance but that too was tested and the findings came back that now, no.

The script is used to launch a new isntance or to set up the command line for a short cut, but you can set up your own command line manually. So yes, it does support instances - though the process is slightly more complex than a simple double-click (but only marginally if you use the script to do the job for you).

Loony

Richard Haseltine said:

The script is used to launch a new isntance or to set up the command line for a short cut, but you can set up your own command line manually. So yes, it does support instances - though the process is slightly more complex than a simple double-click (but only marginally if you use the script to do the job for you).

 I am now on Studio 4.20 and can't run anymore 2 Instances, how can I use that script?

Richard Haseltine

To launch a new instance from a running instance just double click the script from a content pane, or drag the file into the Viewport.

Loony

Richard Haseltine said:

To launch a new instance from a running instance just double click the script from a content pane, or drag the file into the Viewport.

Which script?^^

Richard Haseltine

Daz Studio Pro 4.12 - instances

Loony

Richard Haseltine said:

Daz Studio Pro 4.12 - instances

Thanks ;)

lamoid_5f20d3e469

In windows make a new icon for Daz Studio. Right click on it and choose properties. Then in the target field put

"C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\DAZStudio.exe" -allowRemote -instanceName "whateverYouWantToCallIt"

I have three such icons, the first named DAZ3D, the second DAZ3DI1, the third DAZ3DI2. Their target fields contain

"C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\DAZStudio.exe" -allowRemote

"C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\DAZStudio.exe" -allowRemote -instanceName "Instance1"

"C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\DAZStudio.exe" -allowRemote -instanceName "Instance2"

Then I can run 3 instances of the program simultaneously if I want to. Only the first one should be used to do rendering. The others permit editing while the first one is rendering.

The -allowRemote flag permits me to start renders remotely by, for example, using remote desktop. Without that trying to start a render from remote desktop throws an OpenGL error.

Loony

The script does it fine :)

But thanks.