“Control Panel->System and Security->Windows Update->Change Settings”Ĭhange “Important Updates” to something like “Download updates but let me choose whether to install them”Ĭontrol Panel->System and Security->Power Options Going to sleep is different from turning off the display, and you can adjust them independently as shown below. The sleep mode can similarly ruin the performance of a render. Automatic updates killed my long renders on several occasions in this way: Windows decides by default after downloading an important update to reboot your system in the middle of the night, which occurs only often enough to make it hard to figure out what happened. Finally, a pause render optionįor Windows 7 the two most important settings are to disable automatic updates and to disable sleep mode. Would a sample count that is suitable for that resolution also be suitable for 100% resolution? Instead, maybe you could box select a section that produces more grain (say shadows or caustics) and adjust the samples until desirable?ĮDIT: Great tip on the side to side rendering/stitching.

What’s a good way to determine a proper sample count for final renders in cycles? Let’s assume you kick off draft renders at less than 100% final resolution. So, if you have the time… it is a perfectly viable option for final renders? The way you said it made it seem like it produced lower quality images. One will render from the left, and one will render from the right. I also sometimes will split the render between 2 machines.

Also, I have learned to set mine to render from one side to the other so in the off chance that I need to stop the render, I can just box select the remaining area and then combine the two images in photoshop.

Computer will not stay in sleep mode