I keep getting this error message when I try to render an image.
It says:
" INI File error.
Bad option syntax or error opening .INI/ . DEF file '//'. "  anyone  know
whats wrong?




Thanks.
John

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Which version of POV-Ray are you using ?

Ken Tyler

John Thomas wrote:

> I keep getting this error message when I try to render an image.
> It says:
> " INI File error.
> Bad option syntax or error opening .INI/ . DEF file '//'. "  anyone  know
> whats wrong?
>
> Thanks.
> John

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John Thomas wrote:
> 
> I keep getting this error message when I try to render an image.
> It says:
> " INI File error.
> Bad option syntax or error opening .INI/ . DEF file '//'. "  anyone  know
> whats wrong?
> 
> Thanks.
> John

While using PoV-ray 3.0x, one reason for this message could be, that you
must save your filename with the extension *.pov . If you do'nt type
"filename.pov" PoV-Ray will save your scene file as a simple text file
without any extension, which in turn it can't render.
A misstake, I make ever and ever for myself, which really annoys me, but
I do'nt know this restriction from any other text editor.

ReVerSi

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"John Thomas" <2co### [at] softhomenet> writes:

> I keep getting this error message when I try to render an image.
> It says:
> " INI File error.
> Bad option syntax or error opening .INI/ . DEF file '//'. "  anyone  know
> whats wrong?

  Call "povray -i scene.pov" instead of "povray scene.pov". The -i
specifies the input file, and if it is not present POV-Ray tries to
interpret your scene.pov as an initialization file.

Roland.
-- 
Les francophones m'appellent Roland Mas,
English speakers call me Rowlannd' Mass,
Nihongode hanasu hitoha [Lolando Masu] to iimasu.
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