Is there a better way to reset the "Ram Jam"?... Please...

DefaultName

Hi. My understanding of Daz Studio is that it saves up RAM, Memory, what have you, and when you overdo it, I guess it just says "Well you broke me and now I won't render or preview anymore".

My problem is, despite having a 3080Ti 8GB VRAM I bought years back, I can't consistently get Daz Studio to render even like, 2 or 3 figures with clothes in an environment. So, Studio decides it's just going to die, and I have to restart it.

Deleting scene...

Clearing data...

Mopping floor...

Whatever else it does, takes like twenty minutes for it to close so I can restart it again and supposedly "reset" the RAM. I did this about five times for one scene, and I still have to render it in parts. The single greatest motivator in learning to draw is how much I age just making a single scene in this process.

Is there any other way to reset without having to go through a Studio restart? Or am I relegated to my current situation, where I press to close Studio and take 20 mins to do chores because it "needs to think" about the scene I want to close?

Rant over, it's really annoying and I know I'm not the only one.

Richard Haseltine

Strictly the issue isn't Daz Studio itself but Iray. Unfrotunately I don't know of a quicker route.

nonesuch00

The newer versions of DAZ are much faster at that, otherwise I have no advice except to CPU render and have more patience for the render to complete. Don't use hairs with lots and lots of polygons and transparency material maps.

jmucchiello

Have you tried Scene Optimizer?

DefaultName

jmucchiello said:

Have you tried Scene Optimizer?

Generally Scene Optimizer for me reduces the quality of the scenes I want to make. It works but the outcome isn't worth it. 

To other comments I do try to mind what I'm using, hair in particular can be the most frustrating as some I guess are so loaded I never use them, they'd make my scene instantly unrenderable.