Hi.
I'm posting this as a new topic, was earlier in a different thread...
Ever since I moved from DS3 to DS4, I haven't been able to render much because usually the program crashes when trying to render. I had this problem on Windows XP and I was adviced to move to Windows 7. I did, but it didn't help at all. If anything, with Win7 and the latest update to DSPro 4.6.1.39 the crashes are even more frequent,
I want to thank the Daz theme for making a hell of a 3D software and it's quite stable to work with, excluding the rendering problem. But of course, you are supposed to make rendered images with a 3D soft so it would be nice if it worked.
The crashing doesn't seem to follow any logic. Even with very simple scenes, for example just Aiko3 with a simple set of clothing and hair. Either the program just closes, or gives the following error:
DAZStudio has encountered a fatal error, and must close.
DAZStudio.exe caused ACCESS_VIOLATION in module “C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\dz3delight.dll” at 001B:653CBF24, Dz3DelightDll::DSlo_DetailtoStr()+1479684 byte(s)
or
DAZStudio.exe caused ACCESS_VIOLATION in module "C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\dz3delight.dll" at 001B:5CAB0A38, Dz3DelightDll::DSlo_DetailtoStr()+1498904 byte(s)
In any case, it seems to be the 3Delight rendering engine that misbehaves here.
Crashes are more likely when using uber environment lighting and deep shadow maps, but recently I've had big problems rendering even with no uberlight and no shadows. Also it seems to be a bit more stable when rendering single images to a new window instead of rendering to a file.
My setup is:
Win7 Ultimate 6.1.76 SP1
Model P35C-DS3R, X86-based PC
Intel Core2 Quad CPU 2,40 GHz
Physical RAM 4,0 Gb
Virtual memory 7 Gb
If anyone has had this problem and found a fix to it, I would really appreciate advice since I'm working on a rather big project.
I would render on DS3, but most of my scenes are no built on 4.6 so I can't load them.
Thanks.