Vray problem giving me nightmares HELP

[fadi3d]

Hello Guys'

Some times when i hit render i get this message :

UNHANDLED EXCEPTION:Memory allocation failure; xxxx bytes requested xxxx bytes already in heap xxxx bytes free heap space etc ....

Press Cancel to abort rendering or Ok to continue

 

i wich case ok crashes max

what i've noticed that After reopening i could render once but if i try a SECOND time i get the same Message.

why is that Please if anybody can explain i'll be gratefull.

Thanks.

[Devin Johnston]

It looks like that file is corrupt; does it only do it with that file or every file you open?

[sideshow tpc]

I've had this before to....was a while ago, but I think changing the static setting to dynamic fixed it

[fadi3d]

Hello Guys Thanks for ur time

@ Devin. no not all files but some esp if i've been working on it for a while and it got to 1.5 mil poly.the thing is if i close max and reopen the file i could render only once if i stop rendering and try a second time it will give me the message of doom.

@ Craig. i will try this and see if it will help

 

 

any other ideas i'm all ears

cheers

[LordRaven]

I got this in the past too... when I was still using 32 bit xp.

How much ram do you have? Are you using a 64 bit operating system or 32?

[leclercq_d]

I think you scene is to havy make some vray proxis of your models

and rerender

 

or render a vrimg file and turn off render to framebuffer.

then reopen you *.vrimg file in max and save as a png or jpg ...

[Jason Matthews]

If this is happening when you are rendering try reducing the image size to like 400 pixels and see if that works. If it does than it is a memory problem. If so then do what leclercq_d described in his post. Hopefully you can at least do small rendering previews.

[fadi3d]

hello guys'

thank for all ur help

first of all i tried the synamic/static thing with no luck.

@ Alex yes my operating system is 32 with 4 Gig Ram

@ Dominique No my scene is not really heavy cause i used to render at least bigger scenes by a factor of 1.5 to 2

@ Jason the thing is i could render even at 1600*1200 but if for some reason (and whatever the resolution) and try to RERENDER max craches the thing that is driving me crazy is sometimes when i render and max tries to save the final render (imagine after 10 hours of rendering) or i try manually it tells me that i cannot save the bitmap cause the program is low on memory and CRASH

i hope Maxer is right and the file is corrupt or if it happens with another file i will kill myself

[manta]

1) if you're using 32bit windows...then its never going to use 4Gigs of ram...

 

2) it sounds like after the first render, that its holding it in memory, and of coarse runs out at the second render...that's strange, never had that happen to me...could be the corruption in the file, suggest you merge everything into a new scene...

[fadi3d]

hello guys'

well finaly i delivered the render yesterday and will try to post the result today to see what you guys think about it.for the sake of guys who run into the same problem i can confirm what William said the file is corrupt and at first render it's hogging up the ram (1.7) and even after i fininsh rendering it still holds them until i reset.i will try merging to a new scene to see what happens.

thank u for all ur help and suggestions i really appreciate it. now i hope u cheque the render and tell me what u think.

Cheers