Fur causing computer to freeze

CideQuest

Hoping to figure this out, thanks in advance for any help!

A number of different "furs" are making my computer crash when I try to render it, mostly all things that are add-ons for Daz Dog. 

Fox for Daz Dog, Dire Wolf for Daz dog, and Oso-Fur all cause my computer to freeze, to the point where it needs a hard-reboot. 

If I remove the fur and just have the smooth model, no freeze. 

I can use strand-based hair just fine but I really dont want to have to style my own hair/fur for these models when they come with their own. 

I have CPU rending off since I have plenty of RAM. Running on 32GB RAM and a RTX 2060. My program renders complex scenes just fine and rarely ever gives me issues, except specifically when the fur is involved. 

I am sure there is a setting or something that I'm missing. 

Thank you for any advice you can offer!!!

soulofthesword_88604559d2

I know this is dumb, but is your view port set to iray? If so change it to texture view befor loading.

Daventaki

There are some tricks to getting the hair to render it is very vram intensive.  Ill have to find the post, ill be back with that.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/487811/making-direwolf-a-little-lighter-weight#latest

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5765901/#Comment_5765901

CideQuest

Thanks both very much!

I am able to do it now, the tricks helped. It still "freezes" for about 15-20 minutes but now starts up again and completes the render. I appreciate the help!