A suggestion for Mandelbulb 3d...

[ianjam]

Would it be possible to add a messagebox, in case either the "Stop" or the "X" buttons are clicked accidentally during rendering?  I, like a complete twat, managed to accidentally click the "Stop" button 16 hours into a 20 hour render.  I was not pleased.  If there had been a messagebox, "Render incomplete - are you sure you wish to stop?" (Yes, No) then my but would not still be sore from the self-kicking I administered>

Yes, I know, the obvious answer is, "Don't click anything while rendering", but people make mistakes (especially me...).

Thanks for your time.

PS - Mandelbulb is the most awesome program I have used to date!  Keep up the good work!

Ian

[Madman]

Although I'm not into self mutilation, either in a physcial or mental sense  , I admit that ianjam has a point... I may have lost a render or two (and a parameter set or two...) by clicking randomly on the wrong part of the screen... I do in general hate programs that ask me if I'm sure that I want to quit, but in this case I see the added value 

[Jesse]

I may have lost a render or two (and a parameter set or two...) by clicking randomly on the wrong part of the screen...

But why are you doing this, why?
(You know, parameters are saved on program close, so start and open txt to restore params)

I do in general hate programs that ask me if I'm sure that I want to quit, but in this case I see the added value 

I have to agree, after 15 minutes rendering or so, a reminder could be ok 

[DarkBeam]

Although I'm not into self mutilation, either in a physcial or mental sense  , I admit that ianjam has a point... I may have lost a render or two (and a parameter set or two...) by clicking randomly on the wrong part of the screen...

The more good is the rendering, the more I am nervous due to possible bad random clicks that can screw up the precious render (or close the program???)

[Madman]

Owh... Didn't know that Jesse! But I can't help it, I just start pressing buttons and see what happens and only start reading manuals when I'm sure there is no way out without it  

Thanks for the hint. I don't mind losing a render, but losing parameters can be frustrating...

[tomot]

This will also work, but only on quad or multiple core machines.

I sometimes open 2 copies of Mandelbulb 3d, and allocate 2 cores to each application, I'll minimize one copy while it renders,
while I continue to play with the other copy.

cheers!

[Jesse]

You can also set the priority to a lower value before calculation, so the program calcs only if no other thread needs the CPU.