Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-03-11 Thread Jason S
Hi, Just to share a simple script (gave it another go) that toggles Off and On the Autosave pref (if originally On), fired by an "onBeginFrame" event, which essentially restarts the set Autosave counter when a region is drawn. Initially, perhaps due to something I was missing (or a bug?)

Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-10 Thread Jason S
ooor... you could install RRays widget as prescribed,  http://traypen.com/rr/bak/rray/SaveRemind.xsiaddon the dialog not only reminds but also has a save button on it. but if you want, you can super easily edit it to make it not ask you,  and

Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-10 Thread Jason S
There is a command (as well as default ctrl-alt-s hotkey ) to invoke a backup save (in the backup folder). I'm not a scripter, but I'm sure it would be not too complicated to setup a recycling timer that calls the save backup command ever X minutes,

Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-10 Thread Fabian Schnuer Gohde
I've now used the save reminder for a few days and that works a treat (I have my own incremental setup) Thank you very much everyone. -Fabian On 8 February 2016 at 15:23, Dan Yargici wrote: > Reinhard (mr. rray.de) made a save reminder event script. Rather than > actually

Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-08 Thread Fabian Schnuer Gohde
Hi, I thought I'd ask in case anyone has run into this and has a workaround. With heavy scenes I regularly get lock-ups with the render region is open and autosave kicks in. This is with redshift so I'm not sure if the problem is solely there. Are there any hooks for a script or anything that

Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-08 Thread James De Colling
happens with MentalRay too, quite annoying. would love to know of a fix. Cheers, James On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Fabian Schnuer Gohde wrote: > Hi, > I thought I'd ask in case anyone has run into this and has a workaround. > > With heavy scenes I regularly get

Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-08 Thread Ognjen Vukovic
+1 What Mirko said. On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Mirko Jankovic wrote: > turn off autosave and use manual incremental save instead? > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:32 PM, James De Colling < > james.decoll...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> happens with MentalRay too, quite

Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-08 Thread Dan Yargici
Reinhard (mr. rray.de) made a save reminder event script. Rather than actually saving, it just reminds you to save. Combine that with Mirko's suggestion and you have the best solution IMO. Search for SaveRemind on http://rray.de/xsi/ DAN

Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-08 Thread Mirko Jankovic
turn off autosave and use manual incremental save instead? On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:32 PM, James De Colling wrote: > happens with MentalRay too, quite annoying. would love to know of a fix. > > Cheers, > > James > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Fabian Schnuer

Re: Render Region and Autosave

2016-02-08 Thread Mirko Jankovic
In case you missed one I'm using this one for years now can't remember where did I got it anymore but works perfectly alt+s saves the day :) On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote: > +1 > What Mirko said. > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Mirko Jankovic