"How many times did you crash Bryce while doing this?"

• More than a few times and really that was because I would load an HDRI, play with it, not like it, load another, play with it, load another, etc. It seemed like the back and forth would trip it up (and I do a LOT of back and forth). And, the crash rarely happened until I tried to save the scenefile. Other than HDRI's, this USED to happen once in a while to me with going back and forth with the image tetures. (doesn't really seem to anymore). But, of course, we have went through a lot of beta's by now.

So anyway, my constant habit is to save right before trying a new setup of HDRI's.

• Beyond that...lol, (here we go)...it's my theory that with really ANY program can perform better and crash less if the user makes sure that the least amount of other programs running is at a minimum. For over a decade I have done this to a degree that is really kinda obsessive. I've had a small carreer in building and fixing computers but nowadays what I mostly do is just tweak peoples' PC's to get rid of almost all of background programs.

There are SO many programs that want to;

• Start with your computer.
• Take up memory.
• Run in the background, using your cpu.
• Connect to the internet and update.
• Possibly scan your hard drive's (for many reasons) which can KILL your experience no matter what you're doing.

And, I am not talking about just anti-virus types of programs, which of course are the main culprits. There is the OS itself with ALL of its "Services", MS Office, anything from Apple, anything from Google, ANY browser "toolbar", Java, ANY browser, Silverlight, I mean...the list is basically almost every program. Because if it is not connecting or updating its making sure it is THE program to control your jpg's or your mp3's, etc, etc, on and ON, lol. I spend a LOT of time making sure all this crap is turned off on my PC. I turn almost everything off, period.

Other than that;

• Max out your memory to 4GB (32-bit OS) and however high you can afford to go with a 64-bit OS.
• I have always installed my OS on its own hard drive, nothing else goes on it.
• I keep my Virtual Memory on a 2nd, internal hard.
• I keep my Bryce scenefiles on a 3rd, external hard drive.
• CPU's can control all 3 of these hard drives at the same time without all 3 actions having to happen, onto the same hard drive.
• Sacrifice a poly each day to the all great and all powerful Bryce and you'll be good.

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