I need a tip..

shdaga

Hi polycounters, does anyone know of any tips to increase rendering speed for 3ds max using just a default sky light and 20 shadow rays. It seems to take for ever to render even the most basic of scenes. I have no other lights set up in the scene and Im using noting but difuse bitmaps for textures.
Other than lowering the number of rays cast ( and this makes the scene look like ass) what can I do? Thanks for any help you can lend.

adam

Move this thread to Technical Talk.

onionhead_o

i guess maybe turn off other program in use.

JohnnyRaptor

whats in your scene? pretty difficult helping you optimize it with some more info? and 20 rays isnt that much either, so sounds like your machine might be too weak.

Archanex

switching the renderer to Mental Ray can help speed up GI renders considerably

Joopson

I'm more inclined to believe he is impatient. Mind saying the exact time it takes?

maltuna

Trying what Archanex suggested would help. Also, just for testing you should try rendering out small thumbnail sized images.

Ott

I think the better question is - Why are you using just a Skylight to render anything in the first place...?