You won't have to since a stupid file limitations prevents it from happening. Why would it be a problem to have a 2GB environment in one scene anyway? 2GB is nothing these days, any moderately complex compositing shot moves several times that much data to memory or tier 0 before even opening these days.
And I don't know where you work these days, but 32GB of ram, SSD storage (or even FX I/O style flash tier0) and multiple synced gigabit networks are cheap as dirt these days. 2GB is nothing. Besides, if you're provided with things such as LIDARs, and you need the lot BEFORE you partition, how would you work around that? "640KB of memory should be enough for anybody". It's a silly way to think and there should be no limit by the app that is by such a gigantic margin shorter than the actual OS barriers to it. On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Christopher Crouzet < [email protected]> wrote: > I would totally go on strike if I had to deal with a 2GB environment > within a single scene! > > > On 10 October 2013 23:21, Raffaele Fragapane > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Plenty cases, such as environment bakes with multiple passes and complex >> geo, where the 2GB limit is crippling and referencing is a workaround and >> not just a smarter way to go about it. >> It's kinda silly that this type of limitation is still around, and >> generally so common. >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 2:23 AM, Christopher Crouzet < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> At first glance, saving 2GB of data into a single scene doesn't sound >>> like a good practice anyways... can't you offload some logical pieces using >>> referenced models? >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10 October 2013 16:50, Sergio Mucino <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks a lot guys! Tough luck... we're on 2012... >>>> >>>> >>>> *Sergio Mucino* >>>> Lead Rigger >>>> Modus FX >>>> >>>> On 10/10/2013 10:46 AM, Srecko Micic wrote: >>>> >>>> There was limitation like that but on 2014 version is now 4gb I think >>>> (on Linux it is still 2GB limit). >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Sergio Mucino < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone. I just wanted to know if it's true that SI files have >>>>> a size limit. I'm working on a file I cannot save. Every time I try to, >>>>> Softimage tells me that certain elements were not saved, and that I should >>>>> contact Softimage. If I try to open said fail, SI crashes almost >>>>> immediately. People here at work are telling me that apparently, SI cannot >>>>> save/load files over 2 GB. I just wanted to confirm this is true so I can >>>>> take appropriate actions. Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Sergio Mucino* >>>>> Lead Rigger >>>>> Modus FX >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Micic Srecko >>>> ------------------- >>>> Mail: >>>> [email protected] >>>> Skype:srecko.micic >>>> ------------------- >>>> 3D/Graphic Portfolio: >>>> http://www.coroflot.com/SreckoM >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it >> and let them flee like the dogs they are! >> > > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
