POV-Ray [plugin] (updated: 2016/Aug/08)

[oort]

Micheus,
Ok, I see that changing the number of threads changes the WT value.

I tried changing the Thread Count in the Gui but when I exit Pov-ray and start it again the value switches back to 4 every time.

Even in the example you show with WT3 that is followed by "Rendering with 4 threads". Maybe that statement does not mean anything since I see that in your Render time section it says 3 threads were used.

Quote:Preset source file is 'F:\Wings3d\Test Files\PovRay3.7\test-DOF-1.0-15-0.000001_export.pov'.
Rendering using command line '+W320 +H240 +FN +otest-DOF-1.0-15-0.000001.png +A0.3 +R2 +WT3'.
Rendering with 4 threads.
Parser Options
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Render Time:
Photon Time: No photons
Radiosity Time: 0 hours 0 minutes 8 seconds (8.469 seconds)
using 3 thread(s) with 23.305 CPU-seconds total
Trace Time: 0 hours 0 minutes 21 seconds (21.700 seconds)
using 3 thread(s) with 63.148 CPU-seconds total
POV-Ray finished

When I render I do not see the "Render Time:" section. Is there some setting that I need to turn on to see that text?

I did not know that there were so many different types of Gamma. In YafaRay the Gamma setting that is set to 2.2 affects how bright or dark a color is. Using a value of 1.0 gives darker colors. YafaRay Gamma must be a different type of Gamma??? Thanks for your response and information. I hope to play with some of the changes you have made in the Camera section this week.

Edit: I found the following which explains why the Threads setting is not saved.

Quote: Thread Count dialog

Selecting this entry displays a dialog allowing you to set the number of threads used for rendering. The default value varies according to system, but in general should be equal to the number of cores available to POVWIN (or double that if hyperthreading is available). Changing this value will only affect new renders and does not persist (i.e. it is not saved upon exit). This is by design. If you wish to set a permanent value please modify POVRAY.INI or set it on the command-line.

Thanks,
oort