POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.windows : Vista problems : Re: Vista problems Server Time
27 Apr 2024 02:09:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Vista problems  
From: Chris Cason
Date: 11 May 2009 23:01:47
Message: <4a08e69b@news.povray.org>
Jos leys wrote:
> Just got a new laptop with Vista.
> I do a lot of animations, and found out quickly that Povray freezes if it is
> asked to do a series of images from an INI file.
> Found the solutions: install Povray outside of Program Files, and have
> pvengine.exe run in XP mode.
> 
> Povray now will render series of images, but the annoying thing is that if I
> stop the render ( with the Stop button in the taskbar), Povray freezes over and
> I have to go into the Taskmanager to stop it, and then restart the program.
> As I start and stop renders all the time during the development of an animation,
> this is of course unworkable.
> 
> Anyone know a solution?

I'll prioritise getting a Vista-compatible Windows build out. Now I'm running
Vista I have no excuse anymore ... :(

-- Chris


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.