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From: Tony Vigil
Subject: MegaPOV Critical Error
Date: 30 Jul 2002 14:17:19
Message: <3d46d82f$1@news.povray.org>
I have POV3.5g installed.  I copied megapov.exe to the pov bin directory.
When i start Megapov, I get the following Critical Error message box...

ERROR : Cannot find Home entry in registry.

This entry should have been set by the installation program.

If you did not install using the correct installation procedure, please do
this before running POV-Ray for Windows.  Otherwise, consult the README.DOC
file tha sould have accompanied this executable file.

//end of error message

FYI - I am running Win2K, but it worked the last time that I installed POV
on another machine with Win2K.

Any helpful ideas?


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From: Tony Vigil
Subject: Re: MegaPOV Critical Error
Date: 30 Jul 2002 14:30:55
Message: <3d46db5f$1@news.povray.org>
I meant POV3.5 not 3.5g.
I am trying to use glows.

"Tony Vigil" <tjv### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:3d46d82f$1@news.povray.org...
> I have POV3.5g installed.  I copied megapov.exe to the pov bin directory.
> When i start Megapov, I get the following Critical Error message box...
>
> ERROR : Cannot find Home entry in registry.
>
> This entry should have been set by the installation program.
>
> If you did not install using the correct installation procedure, please do
> this before running POV-Ray for Windows.  Otherwise, consult the
README.DOC
> file tha sould have accompanied this executable file.
>
> //end of error message
>
> FYI - I am running Win2K, but it worked the last time that I installed POV
> on another machine with Win2K.
>
> Any helpful ideas?
>
>


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From: Nathan Kopp
Subject: Re: MegaPOV Critical Error
Date: 30 Jul 2002 19:47:45
Message: <3d4725a1$1@news.povray.org>
You need to have POV 3.1g installed in order to run MegaPov.  A 3.5 install
is not sufficient.  Follow the "Old Versions of POV-Ray" link at the bottom
of the download page on www.povray.org.

BTW, most of MegaPov's features are included and enhanced in POV 3.5.

-Nathan

"Tony Vigil" <tjv### [at] hotmailcom> wrote...
> I have POV3.5g installed.  I copied megapov.exe to the pov bin directory.
> When i start Megapov, I get the following Critical Error message box...
>
> ERROR : Cannot find Home entry in registry.
>
> This entry should have been set by the installation program.
>
> If you did not install using the correct installation procedure, please do
> this before running POV-Ray for Windows.  Otherwise, consult the
README.DOC
> file tha sould have accompanied this executable file.
>
> //end of error message
>
> FYI - I am running Win2K, but it worked the last time that I installed POV
> on another machine with Win2K.
>
> Any helpful ideas?
>
>


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From: Tony Vigil
Subject: Re: MegaPOV Critical Error
Date: 1 Aug 2002 18:13:00
Message: <3d49b26c$1@news.povray.org>
Glows aren't covered in POV 3.5 are they?

"Nathan Kopp" <nat### [at] koppcom> wrote in message
news:3d4725a1$1@news.povray.org...
> You need to have POV 3.1g installed in order to run MegaPov.  A 3.5
install
> is not sufficient.  Follow the "Old Versions of POV-Ray" link at the
bottom
> of the download page on www.povray.org.
>
> BTW, most of MegaPov's features are included and enhanced in POV 3.5.
>
> -Nathan
>
> "Tony Vigil" <tjv### [at] hotmailcom> wrote...
> > I have POV3.5g installed.  I copied megapov.exe to the pov bin
directory.
> > When i start Megapov, I get the following Critical Error message box...
> >
> > ERROR : Cannot find Home entry in registry.
> >
> > This entry should have been set by the installation program.
> >
> > If you did not install using the correct installation procedure, please
do
> > this before running POV-Ray for Windows.  Otherwise, consult the
> README.DOC
> > file tha sould have accompanied this executable file.
> >
> > //end of error message
> >
> > FYI - I am running Win2K, but it worked the last time that I installed
POV
> > on another machine with Win2K.
> >
> > Any helpful ideas?
> >
> >
>
>


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From: Christopher James Huff
Subject: Re: MegaPOV Critical Error
Date: 1 Aug 2002 18:21:10
Message: <chrishuff-96ECD4.17121701082002@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3d49b26c$1@news.povray.org>,
 "Tony Vigil" <tjv### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> Glows aren't covered in POV 3.5 are they?

No. There are other things you could do...partially transparent disks 
facing the camera, spheres full of emitting media, or fill the entire 
scene with scattering media, but they aren't as fast (disks or spheres 
are more flexible though, and the scattering media more accurately 
simulates what glows fake).
One of the lens flare includes should do the job fine.

-- 
Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
POV-Ray TAG e-mail: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
TAG web site: http://tag.povray.org/


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