3dsmax RTT normal map baking super slow

onionhead_o

3dsmax 2012
render settings:

scanline renderer
use cage
global supersampler none
catmull rom filter

highpoly mesh - 550,314 tris
low poly - 352 tris

1024x1024 resolution.

took me around 30 min. Is that normal? last time i rmb it takes only 5-10min max.

onionhead_o

nvm. solved the problem by importing it into a new scene. and everything was at the speed it should be.

Mark Dygert

Did you have any lights in the scene? Because it will do a full render and calculate the lighting even if you are just baking AO and Normal maps.

onionhead_o

oh ic it could be the lighting then becuase I did have lights in the scene.