 | | | Map Files Not Helping | Map Files Not Helping 2004-06-08 - By kim aldis
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Raf is an expert on slow networks, aren't you Raf. ;-)
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Raffaele
> "ThE_JacO" Fragapane
> Sent: 08 June 2004 13:03
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: RE: Map Files Not Helping
>
> No, filesize and ram usage aren't related at all (you know it
> :p ), but half the times I've seen rendering issues spawning
> from a simple change in file formats or file locations it was
> because of a slow network.
> moving from JPG (smallest filesize of the formats you could
> use from XSI) to MAP (possibly the largest) would make a
> consistant difference if you were broadcasting the texture or
> accessing the same storage from all the boxes thru a mapped
> drive or aliasing.
>
> ~Raffaele Fragapane
> ~Freelance Technical Animator & TD
> ~Senior TA @ Peerless Camera
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Arvid Bj�rn
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:42 PM
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: Re: Map Files Not Helping
>
> Does filesize on disk really correlate with how much ram MR
> uses, isn't map the sort of format MR keeps the images as in
> ram anyway?
>
>
> Raffaele "ThE_JacO" Fragapane wrote:
>
> >Map files alone (assuming the same resolution and no
> pyramidal) aren't
> >supposed to slow down or speed up a render at its processing
> stage, but
> >there's a huge difference in size between a jpg and a map.
> >
> >Do you see the same significant performance decrease if you
> render locally
> >with the clip set to load in memory?
> >Because if you don't then it's more likely to be the network
> taking its
> time
> >to push the data around, not really a MRay issue.
> >
> >~Raffaele Fragapane
> >~Freelance Technical Animator & TD
> >~Senior TA @ Peerless Camera
> >
> >-- --Original Message-- --
> >From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
> >Claudio Pavan
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:34 PM
> >To: XSI@(protected)
> >Subject: Map Files Not Helping
> >
> >Hi Guys I have a character (dragon) and it has hi res images
> for textures
> >(4000 x 4000)
> >mapped onto Colour , Specula, Bump, Transparency ect.
> >When I leave them as .jpg file the scene renders pretty
> quick but crashes
> on
> >some frame (randomly) probably cause of ram usage.
> >
> >I have optimized BSP setting and nothing changes.
> >
> >So now I have converted JPG to Map files, but my render is
> really really
> >slow..... Why is this and what can I do to fix this.
> >
> >Claudio
> >
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