HLP Network

News:

HLP Donations Page has been reworked for supporting the site.
Please note that the previous "Tiers" are currently not operational (but will be worked on).
You can still cancel any previous re-occurring donations to make new ones which will go to the new Treasurer Admin (Zacam).

 
« Previous Thread Next Thread »
Print
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: offering cpu time  (Read 1172 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline kasperl

offering cpu time
on: December 28, 2002, 07:30:19 am
i've seen a lot of good renders here, and i'd like to help. but i don't have the brains nor the software to think of anything myself. however my computer is doeing almost nothing most of the time, so if anyone finds a way to distrubed computer work for renders, i'm offering help. i've only got a few demands:
1. it's gotta be in relativley small packages, let's say under 50 mb
2. i want to be able to see what's being rendered, so i can check i'm not rendering anything wrong
3. it's gotta be a very stable proggram
4. i want to be able to do some work (text editing, checking HLP, etc) while the rendering is going on.

that's all, so if you know how to do it,just tell me and let me help.

my system specs are:
win98SE
800mhz p3
196mb RAM (sd)
16mb TNT2 integrated on the motherboard
500MB available on my HD for this stuff
and a cable net acces, dl is good, upload isn't
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

you haven't learned masochism until you've tried to read a Microsoft help file.  -- Goober5000
I've got 2 drug-addict syblings and one alcoholic whore. And I'm a ****ing sociopath --an0n
You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
 

Offline Sandwich

  • Got Screen?
  • 213
    • Skype
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • Brainzipper
offering cpu time
Reply #1 on: December 28, 2002, 07:50:54 am
I don't have comprehensive knowledge of distributed computing, nor MAX's network render stuff, but I don't think such a thing is possible (with current software). I'd be happy to be proven wrong, though. :nod:
SERIOUSLY...! | {The Sandvich Bar} - Rhino-FS2 Tutorial | CapShip Turret Upgrade | The Complete FS2 Ship List | System Background Package

"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Darkage

  • CRAZY RENDER RABBIT
  • 211
offering cpu time
Reply #2 on: December 28, 2002, 08:48:34 am
I think he ment that a person that want to use his offer sends the scene and the meshes to him and he opens the scene and starts rendering it.

Wel your demands proberly can't be set like you want.


Quote
1. it's gotta be in relativley small packages, let's say under 50 mb


That is no problem to do.


Quote
2. i want to be able to see what's being rendered, so i can check i'm not rendering anything wrong



Wel i am not sure about that, but Lightwave has a preview window when rending animations and still images dunno about other programs.( they proberly also have it ).


Quote
3. it's gotta be a very stable proggram


That depends on the hardware you are using and programs you are running while rendering. And no rendering program is very stable. But like i said that depends on hardware and your compuer configurations. So on one PC it's more stable then another.


4. i want to be able to do some work (text editing, checking HLP, etc) while the rendering is going on.

That also depends on how complex the scene is. If some one used Volumetrics then it wil be prety CPU intensive. And since you only have 192MB of ram it wil proberly be a pain to browse or run anything els in the background.


I think you shoudl carefully consider if you realy want to do this imo. But thats up to you.;)


The offer is nice, but i won't use it .See below:)

OS: Winxp Professional
Amd Athlon 1.2ghz
40gb ATA100 Maxtor HDD
Asus A7133 (if i remember the number corecly:p)
Geforce2 MX100/200 32MB APG
512MB SDRam pc-133
[email protected]
Returned from the dead.
 

Offline Ashrak

  • Not Banned
  • 210
    • Imagination Designs
offering cpu time
Reply #3 on: December 28, 2002, 11:28:56 am
nah no need

XP1600+ :D
GF2MX400
256 ram
40gig HDD :p
i think im going to buy another 100 gig HDD someday soon :wink:
I hate My signature!
 

Offline kasperl

offering cpu time
Reply #4 on: December 29, 2002, 04:17:33 am
ok, to bad that i can't help,since i'm not doeing anything or the community right now. but the offer still stands tough, i just don't have any software to do rendering with,so it as to be a stand-alone package.
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

you haven't learned masochism until you've tried to read a Microsoft help file.  -- Goober5000
I've got 2 drug-addict syblings and one alcoholic whore. And I'm a ****ing sociopath --an0n
You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
Print
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« Previous Thread Next Thread »