Is there a way to stop during a render, save, quit... and then resume the render later? I'm using Bryce 4 and I don't think this is possible.

You can stop your render then resume, but I don't think you can save the b4 file, turn of your comp or whatever, then open the file and continue the render. I could be wrong though. Doug

You CAN stop render, save, close file, re-open file, and resume render. Just don't do anything else in between. Patrick Tuten

you have to have something checked in options that makes bryce save the rendered image when it saves the file. I can't check what that is right now though, my computer doesn't want to open bryce at the moment.

ok, I restarted my computer. go to edit > preferences and make sure there's a check by "Image with Scene Open/Save"

Cool, I didn't know you could do that. Thanks, haloedrain!

The only time you can't do this is using the "render to disk" option. If you render to disk and stop the render you have to start all over. To resume your render press the small button to the right of the large render button otherwise you'll start the render over from the begining.

What are the advantages/disadvantages of rendering to disk?

No problem resuming saved renders after a reboot, just open up bryce and choose "file - open", then follow Aldarons tip about that small button to the right! The rendering to disk option allows you to render in larger sizes than render to file! PS. This is in B5, im not sure this works in B4...!

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
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Ohh thanks, geesh that really helps when you're sharing a computer and you're doing a 2-3 day render. Peace and thanks again.