Final gather maps / net render

[milfora]

Hi,

 

This may sound like a dumb question, but I am wondering if it is possible to generate a final gather map across a render farm? My last project was a long roadway, on which the camera and the vehicles moved - which meant I had to generate fg at every frame.

 

Following the advice of the forum, I generated the FG map on one computer in the render farm - and it took approx 2 days of solid processing just to generate the *.fgm file (at 1/2 resolution, 1/64-1/64 samples, draft settings etc)

 

Is is possible to generate the FG as individual files across a network, and splice them together afterwards? (similar to normal network rendering)

 

Surely there has to be a quicker way...

 

Thanks in advance

 

AM

[Justin Hunt]

yes it is possible, but not recomended.

 

Due to the "Random" nature of the final gather samples each machine will calculate a sligtly different solution, thus when they are all sticked together ther could/would be flickering.

 

try it and see if it will work for you

 

jhv