is there a good way of canceling a rendering to file process.

[Anonymous]

My current scene the only way is to ctl alt del end task.

[Daf]

You should be able to stop/cancel from the Render Progress Window. It should come up regardless of renderer. Are you not getting that window?

[Anonymous]

No i am not. I cant even pull up max typically with alt tab if other programs been triggered.

Use to be able to just hit escape and the dialog box to cancel came up.

[Daf]

Is this a performance issue? If you visit the task manager during a render and check both the performance and process tab - is Max over taxing the CPU or ram usage? Is there another program running in background that is using enough CPU/ram to cause Max to struggle?

I've had the same issue before - it was a system resource issue for me. What are your system specs?

Daf

[Anonymous]

Could be i suppose.

I typically have two sessions open at a time.

I will look at the cpu and ram usage next time. Good suggestion

64 bit 32. GB RAM

CPU E5-1650 V2 @ 3.5 GHz

Precision T3610

[Anonymous]

currently i have two scenes open and i cant access either one to stop rendering.

[Daf]

That's a pretty big load on both ram and cpu - the 29% is the captured cpu load - the spikes are much higher. Still seems like a resource issue to me. With both scenes open/rendering ... try stopping one - are you now able to use the interface?

Is this something you used to be able to do but stopped recently? Installed any new software lately? In the processes tab - any other resource hogs at work?

Other than that ... not sure what else it could be.

Daf

[Anonymous]

what are you running for cpu and ram @Daf ?

Where can i add mine so it shows on my info?

[Daf]

I used to have it in my signature - got wiped out when they changed forum software I guess. Just added it back in.

Click on your name up in the left side of top menu > Go to My Site Preferences. In the first tab (Personal) you can fill in your signature that will appear with each post.

FWIW - I loaded 2 instances of Max  and began rendering 2 scenes simultaneously - my system was not happy and had the same issue you have. It was just too much for my system - it did respond but took a minute or 2 to do so.

Daf