File Size Increase :: Bizarre

[mbr]

I've got a file that started as a Final Render file which came in at about 25mb. I turned it into a scanline rendering, brought in a light setup, and it brought the size up to 100mbs. Now, all of a sudden, the file is 1 gig!!

 

What's happening??

 

 

Any ideas? There aren't any new objects, actually less objects.

It's taking 30-40 minutes to open or save. I've had to disable the autosave. Ironically, rendering the scene takes between 3-9 minutes (800x600).

 

It's max 6.

 

Thanks.

[Gus_Rayvus]

You have to run the garbage collecter

 

go to file>xref objects

then close it

go to file>xref scene

then close it

 

then in the max sript dilogue

type gc()

then save it again

all better

your file size should be back to normal

[MegaPixel]

Another trick is to do a Save Selected method of purging youe scene.

 

What version of Max are you using?

 

For some reason, I've had half a dozen scene files self destruct like that since I've been using 7.5

 

Mega

[mbr]

Thanks!! I forgot all about that.

 

It went from 1 gig back to 25mbs!!

 

I couldn't open the 1 gig file, even on my dual 3.4/2 gig ram new machine. I had to merge it all a few pieces at a time.

[jvlive]

I also use the gc() command. I've been using this since early ver.6, now using ver.7, and , (megapixel, you say you have similar problem in 7.5?),I'm wondering why the problem's still there.

[MegaPixel]

I've had a few scenes this past month get so bad, that they self corrupt themselves and crash when trying to save, save as, reset or even just shutdown. If I didn't have spare backups, I'd have lost everything I did. Even the autobak files were corrupting...

 

Legacy file system bugs I guess. Man I hope Autodesk grabs this software by the "stones" and overhauls it's foundation real good.

 

 

Mega