I think I had the same sense of surprise as Bryster lol. Vue's render speed advantage over Bryce was one of the reasons I moved to Vue.

Having said that though, one thing I have noticed in Vue is that sometimes you can have a material that will just blow a render time to huge levels for no real readily apparent reason. Once did a kitchen scene and a single doorknob pretty much stopped the render - changed the material on the doorknob to somehting that looked the same but was simpler and it flew through. Never had that same kind of (to me) unexplainable effect in bryce.

(And in Vue - avoid placing your camera in a cloud - that can really slow stuff down...)

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