How bad did Nature just screw me?

Midyin

The time is currently 5:53. I sartrd cooking a render at 1:00. So were talking about a 6 hour cook here.. i'm setting in the dark right now because the power went out.. 

Did mother nature just drop a hot steamy one on my head or did it save somewhere? 

JD_Mortal

For the future.. as this is a sort-of poor way to do things...

While you render, you can "cancel" and then "resume", as long as you don't "save". (Poor use of that function.) You can take a snapshot of the screen and simply "Paste" that into any art program, so you have something, if the render fails down the line. The "Print screen" button on your keyboard places a snapshot of the whole screen into your "Clipboard", so you can print it to a printer or a file.

Then, just hit resume and let it run a little longer.

NOTE: This may take up to 4 snapshots, or more, if you are rendering something bigger than, or close to your screen-size. You just have to scroll the preview window.

Also note... If this was an animation. Next time, render to "images", not directly to a video. Daz is crashy with the last part where it turns the frames into an actual video. If you are rendering to individual images, you at-least have all the prior rendered images, before the point where it crashed. Most video-makers will let you make a video from a sequence of still images. They also produce better standard results and give you options for how you want the video compressed, which Daz doesn't offer.

codex34_f5f1fb6f55

My log file always shows it saving in a /temp/r.jpg or something similar, never found it though.

Midyin

Nothing in my renders folder... or temp folder. This is why i dont use Daz much anymore. Everything takes hours to do, and a little thunderstorm cand [ruin] your whole day... 

what a waist of my [...] time.. 

kenshaw011267

codex34_f5f1fb6f55 said:

My log file always shows it saving in a /temp/r.jpg or something similar, never found it though.

on windows %appdata%/Daz 3d/Studio 4/temp/render or %appdata%/Daz 3d/Studio 4 Public Build/temp/render (if you're using the beta)

Catherine3678ab

When folk get a chance, battery back-ups are a wonderful invention. None of them last all night long but at least you can stop nicely the render and save that much and then close the program properly so the scene files can be saved too if need be.

Richard Haseltine

JD_Mortal said:

For the future.. as this is a sort-of poor way to do things...

While you render, you can "cancel" and then "resume", as long as you don't "save". (Poor use of that function.) You can take a snapshot of the screen and simply "Paste" that into any art program, so you have something, if the render fails down the line. The "Print screen" button on your keyboard places a snapshot of the whole screen into your "Clipboard", so you can print it to a printer or a file.

No need for all that - just use File>Save Last Render.

JD_Mortal said:

Then, just hit resume and let it run a little longer.

NOTE: This may take up to 4 snapshots, or more, if you are rendering something bigger than, or close to your screen-size. You just have to scroll the preview window.

Also note... If this was an animation. Next time, render to "images", not directly to a video. Daz is crashy with the last part where it turns the frames into an actual video. If you are rendering to individual images, you at-least have all the prior rendered images, before the point where it crashed. Most video-makers will let you make a video from a sequence of still images. They also produce better standard results and give you options for how you want the video compressed, which Daz doesn't offer.

 

codex34_f5f1fb6f55

kenshaw011267 said:

on windows %appdata%/Daz 3d/Studio 4/temp/render or %appdata%/Daz 3d/Studio 4 Public Build/temp/render (if you're using the beta)

Thank you, never found it before, installed on public account, ran from admin....

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp\RenderAlbumTmp

Midyin

I just happened again. A 2 and a half hour cook, gone... its not even raining or storming now, the power just went out for the hell of it. For the sake if fucking me..  

WendyLuvsCatz

buy a UPS

namffuak

WendyLuvsCatz said:

buy a UPS

This. But you'll need to be on top of things. I have my render system and monitor tied into a 1350 VA UPS; this gives me a whopping 5 minutes of uptime while rendering - but if I cancel the render the time goes to 25 minutes. If the power resumes in that time I can resume the render.

Midyin

 

WendyLuvsCatz said:

buy a UPS

A United Postal Service? 

WendyLuvsCatz

namffuak said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

buy a UPS

This. But you'll need to be on top of things. I have my render system and monitor tied into a 1350 VA UPS; this gives me a whopping 5 minutes of uptime while rendering - but if I cancel the render the time goes to 25 minutes. If the power resumes in that time I can resume the render.

mine beeps loudly when the power goes off so I guess one cannot be a heavy sleeper

and Midyin Uniterrupted  Power Supply, its a battery and charger basically

Sevrin

WendyLuvsCatz said:

buy a UPS

This.  A UPS is part of the cost of doing anything on a computer worth saving.

And shutdown ASAP after saving to conserve battery juice, for just such a case as this where you have multiple consecutive power outages.  Doesn't help overnight, unless the beeping wakes you in  time, but it can help salvage hours of work.

FSMCDesigns

Sevrin said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

buy a UPS

This.  A UPS is part of the cost of doing anything on a computer worth saving.

And shutdown ASAP after saving to conserve battery juice, for just such a case as this where you have multiple consecutive power outages.  Doesn't help overnight, unless the beeping wakes you in  time, but it can help salvage hours of work.

Agreed. My power can go out for whatever reason, whenever it wants it seems. I have a top of the line UPS to keep my PC from shorting out/getting fried, but being able to save a render is a bonus

fastbike1

Uninterruptible Power Supply. Heres and example https://www.amazon.com/APC-Battery-Protector-Back-UPS-BE600M1/dp/B01FWAZEIU/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=ups&qid=1583425322&sr=8-3 

BTW thats United Parcel Service.

Midyin said:

 

WendyLuvsCatz said:

buy a UPS

A United Postal Service? 

 

lilweep

buying a UPS seems a bit extreme if your power only goes out once every few years or months or something.

I think losing 5 hours on a render isnt the end of the world and Daz is still a POS that will crash on you regardless of if you have a UPS.

Catherine3678ab

lilweep said:

buying a UPS seems a bit extreme if your power only goes out once every few years or months or something.

I think losing 5 hours on a render isnt the end of the world and Daz is still a POS that will crash on you regardless of if you have a UPS.

That's what a self promoting computer expert neighbour used to say ... until his and her computers were fried. Mine survived the summer storms. Power outages vary per area of course, but once every few years is highly unlikely given the growing number of global storms.

WendyLuvsCatz

I got mine mostly for the equipment destroying power surges and fluctuations 

it often beeps and shows me values ranging in 245V to 210V that fortunately are not reaching my PC's and drives

and yes South Australia we get outages a lot

nature literally tried to screw me last year when a corella decided to choose death by being barbecued on the transformer in my street and took out the whole suburb's supply

made a big bang, I thought a bomb went off, then of course my power did and going outside saw the smoke and found all my neighbours looking at his feathered husk

kenshaw011267

Any decent power strip includes more than sufficient for your computer to survive anything but a direct lightning strike on your house. So don't buy a UPS as a surge protector. 

If you do live anywhere where the power is likely to go out a UPS can be handy in place of a generator. You could charge a power bank or phone which could be very useful in case of an extended outage, everyone should likely have a power bank to charge their phone and other devices in case power is out for a couple of days.

But getting one just for Daz is excessive unless you make your living doing renders.

WendyLuvsCatz

kenshaw011267 said:

Any decent power strip includes more than sufficient for your computer to survive anything but a direct lightning strike on your house. So don't buy a UPS as a surge protector. 

If you do live anywhere where the power is likely to go out a UPS can be handy in place of a generator. You could charge a power bank or phone which could be very useful in case of an extended outage, everyone should likely have a power bank to charge their phone and other devices in case power is out for a couple of days.

But getting one just for Daz is excessive unless you make your living doing renders.

with my surges and fluctuations the power sometimes actually cuts out long enough to shut down the computer even though its just a blink of the lights

one can claim it back on insurance if it damages stuff and you record the times, know people who have

it just takes a possum or the dickwads who stole gold from the nearby substation to do it

kenshaw011267

The power cutting out is no indication of a damaging spike but sure that might be cause to get a UPS. Although WTF with a power company without enough security to keep scrap metal guys away from their gear.