Hi guys I’m working on a big scene for an exterior render. As I’m saving files progressively as I go further with the project I’ve noticed this trend of filesize growing. First file is around 240 MB (lots of textures, huge scene with lots of geometry), last one is 2.7 GB. I think it’s normal that the scene is growing as I’m adding geometry and textures, but when this file reached 1.5 GB (lots of grass-particles, around 4 millions childrens included), then I did this:
1-full copy of the scene (I tought I needed it)
2-full copy of the scene deleted (I realized I didn’t need it)
3-useless geometry deleted (2/3 of the original scene deleted)
4-save with new name
5-filesize grow up from 1.5 to 2.7 GB
So the question is: what did i do wrong? How come a filesize increase this big even when I’ve deleted all useless geometry particle systems included? And over 1.0 GB filesize blender start to freeze (without crashing) very often for like 30 seconds every time even if I’m just zooming in or out…that normal?