Is there a way to change the filename for __temp__.pov to enable it to run in parallel sessions?

[metalaureate]

I am trying to run multiple provray sessions in parallel (off a job queue), but they conflict over __temp__.pov--when rendering, this file is locked and cannot be opened by a parallel instance. I was wondering if anyone here knew how to make povray operate with non-conflicting temp file resources.

[snellejelle99]

Hi if your are running povray 3.7 then rendering is already done with multi threading and will utilize your cpu 100%. Opening more instances of povray won't make it go significantly faster since 2 instances will then each get 50%. I therefore suggest that you complete your job queue sequentially.

[kumari-jaya]

You can try running it sequentially like in a loop . As mentioned by @snellejelle99 , it might crash your system .

[rojizo]

You can add tempfile named argument to the render method of the scene

scene.render("image.png", width=1920, height=1080,antialiasing=0.001,tempfile="filename")

I'm using this to use of a cluster to build a video