Repeating "Computes the integrals for diffuse" step with every simulation run

[Jay M]

I recall that with earlier versions of PVsyst, the "Computes the integrals for diffuse" step was only necessary for the initial simulation run of a variant, so long as no changes were made to the shading scene or orientation settings.

With PVsyst 8.0.6 I'm finding that this step is repeated with every simulation run, even with *no changes in settings*.  

Please let me know if there's something that I'm missing.  For some of my models with complex shading scenes, each simulation is taking several hours to complete.

[Michele Oliosi]

Hi, indeed, we have noticed this issue. We will be fixing this in one of the upcoming patches. Thank you for the feedback !!

[Jay M]

Thanks, Michele!  Kindly mention in the release notes when this issue is fixed, so that I can know when to take up v8 again.

[Michele Oliosi]

I put a note in the ticket about this.

By the way, to speed up things when you are running several simulations, you can use the representative tracker mode (3D scene > Tools > Trackers diffuse shadings definition). Although less precise if you are doing many iterations it can save much time.