"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

>> I use POV-Ray 3.6.0 (build 196), and it appears that the onnly format
>> for image output is PICT. All the other doesn't work, and before
>> anything begins, the message window says "File init error: Cannot open
>> output file"
>>
>> Is it a known bug ?

Must be one, I have the same problem here.


>>Is there a way to correct this ?

Maybe in the source code.


>Something like this has never been reported before.

There is always a first time.


>The output works just
>fine regardless of the format you are using, so probably you are making some
>mistake that is causing this.  Are you certain the folder you ask POV-Ray to
>write to is not locked?  Are you certain you did not just miss the error
>message for PICT output?

No, there is no error message for Output_File_Type=S. It does simply 
generate a pict file.
With Output_File_Type=T and Output_File_Type=N, I get the message 'File 
Init Error: Cannot open output file.' and no output file.


>Apart from that, also it is unrelated, you should use the latest version,
>which is 3.6.1.

Does it fix this bug?



Best regards,





BTW: G5 w. 2.5G Bytes RAM, Mac OS 10.4.3

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