Generating 1 GB .ASC files and 19 GB .STL Files, REDUCE_BY has no effect

[jeyeager65]

I seem to get the same output regardless of the command:
convert.py
convert.py --reduce 10.0

Here is the content of my downloadlist.txt file:
ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/LPC/Projects/USGS_LPC_PA_South_Central_B1_2017_LAS_2019/laz/USGS_LPC_PA_South_Central_B1_2017_18TUL381540_LAS_2019.laz
ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/NED/LPC/projects/PA_Statewide_N_2006-2008/las/tiled/PA_Statewide_N_2006-2008_006206.zip
ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/NED/LPC/projects/PA_Statewide_N_2006-2008/las/tiled/PA_Statewide_N_2006-2008_006205.zip

[bmartin598]

I am having this same issue. Did you ever figure out how to reduce the file size? Or has the creator gotten this issue solved?

[furrysalamander]

I think I figured out the cause of this issue. I wasn't correctly using the reduce argument if the merge argument wasn't also used, and this should in theory be fixed now. @bmartin598 @jeyeager65 if you could give it another shot and let me know, that would be great.