Vray crash on high resolutions

[Akiko Masaki]

Hi,

I have a problem with v-ray frame buffer while rendering in larger resolutions, like 3000*2500 and more. It seems to crash if there is some serious geometry in my file. It did not do it, when I used max 8 and v-ray 1.5 then it was ok, but after changing to 2008 and 2009 all these problems occurred. Urgent help is needed.

Best regards,

C.

[Ricardo Eloy]

Are you saving to a VRay Raw Image file and turning off the Memory Frame Buffer option?

[Akiko Masaki]

Hi Rick,

I don't save them as Vray Raw Image files and Memory Frame Buffer option is on.

Best regards,

C.

[Akiko Masaki]

I tried to change frame buffer parameters but it did not help. Crash takes place when rendering task is in phase: Preparing global light manager

[Tim Fairbanks]

Running out of memory?

In Windows XP 32-bit, max will crash at about 1.8gb of memory use (per application, not total memory use).

Keep an eye on your task manager if you suspect a memory related crash.


TimF

[Akiko Masaki]

Running out of memory?

In Windows XP 32-bit, max will crash at about 1.8gb of memory use (per application, not total memory use).

Keep an eye on your task manager if you suspect a memory related crash.


TimF

In task manager it shows that memory usage burst to sky before it will crash. Any tricks to avoid that?

[Ricardo Eloy]

What's the poly count?

[Akiko Masaki]

more than 2 mil.

[Logesh Vince]

hey ,
y dont u increase ur page file size? there are many reasons for max crashing at heavy scenes...

1) major cause i have seen is because ppl use graphic mode as direct3d...change this to Open GL

2)if ur max crashes still increase ur page file size....
rt clk my computer--> advanced tab-->clk settings under ur performance.-->then clk advanced and select Change under the virtual memory..--> increase ur maximum size to the recommended size...ie., ur page file can be 1.5 times of ur physical ram present....

3) if u still have problems...then u better change to 64 bits...OS and 3dsmax


regards,
V.logesh