CPU usage management

In offline rendering I am used to be able to set the maximum number of cores that are used for rendering. Using one less allows me to still work while rendering. I am missing such a feature in Unity. When I render lightmaps in Progressive mode the screen freezes regularly for 1-3 seconds. Only when I set the priority in the task manager of Unity to Low I can work without issues. Problem is that I have to do it all the time I open it up and when I run multiple instances I have to find the right one.

This also is the reason why I disable Auto Bake, it not just re-bakes way to often and unnecessarily but also is impossible to work with.

And the specs are:
Win 10 Pro
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3
64GB RAM
SSD Raid

Do you also have lags while rendering and is there another solution maybe? It would be great if Unity adds support for that.

 

Yeah I suggested in a feedback comment 3 years ago that baking should use total cores - 1 or allow it to be configurable. At this point the first thing I do when I create a new project or scene is make sure auto bake is disabled.

https://feedback.unity3d.com/sugges...-the-possibility-of-continuing-the-bake-later