Chris Cason wrote:
> Bryan Heit wrote:
>> I see that some people are having the same issues as I getting 
>> animations to work in vista.  Like the others here I cannot get 
>> animations to work - the pov executes normally (and produces one frame), 
>> but as soon as I try to run the .ini file things lock up and no 
>> rendering occurs.  I have tried what others have recommended here 
>> (installing povray outside of program files, and running in XP 
>> compatibility mode), and I am still getting lockups.
>>
>> The most frustrating part is that these animations rendered fine on my 
>> old XP box, and despite the fact that nothing has changed, no longer render.
>>
>> Any ideas?
> 
> a) upgrade to XP.
> 
> b) failing that, wait a bit until I release a version of POVWIN beta 3.7
>    that uses installshield (rather than the ancient installer we have now)
>    and furthermore is modified to avoid use of the traditional INI file.
> 
> c) once that is done and seen to work, I will probably back-port those
>    changes to 3.6.
> 
> -- Chris

I found an alternative root - I resurrected my linux-on-USB system and 
just load ubuntu for povray stuff.  Works pretty well, although I'm 
still trying to decide which pov editor to use...

Bryan

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