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From: ricky312
Subject: how the heck do i get megapov to run !!??
Date: 8 Aug 2010 01:10:05
Message: <web.4c5e3c03503ccf90824827c70@news.povray.org>
i have the newest version of megapov.But where do i extract the file to
i have povray 3.6.2 i think it needs 3.6, but everytime i try to get a older
version of pov on the website it says it needs a password or something. when i
do run it on 3.6.2 it opens and when i run a file it says --

Cannot open INI file 'C:\PROGRAM FILES\POV-RAY FOR WINDOWS
V3.62\RENDERER\POVRAY.INI'.

HELP!! thanks in advance


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: how the heck do i get megapov to run !!??
Date: 8 Aug 2010 09:55:21
Message: <4c5eb749$1@news.povray.org>
Am 08.08.2010 07:09, schrieb ricky312:
> i have the newest version of megapov.But where do i extract the file to
> i have povray 3.6.2 i think it needs 3.6, but everytime i try to get a older
> version of pov on the website it says it needs a password or something. when i
> do run it on 3.6.2 it opens and when i run a file it says --
>
> Cannot open INI file 'C:\PROGRAM FILES\POV-RAY FOR WINDOWS
> V3.62\RENDERER\POVRAY.INI'.
>
> HELP!! thanks in advance

To run on Vista and Windows 7 without too much hassle, POV-Ray 3.6.2 has 
introduced some changes regarding where certain files reside, which 
unfortunately isn't compatible with MegaPOV 1.2.1.

You'll need to copy the contents of "<My Documents>\POV-Ray\3.6" to 
"C:\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows v3.62" in order for MegaPOV to run.

Alternatively, you can copy "<My 
Documents>\POV-Ray\3.6\ini\PVENGINE.ini" alone, and adjust the paths in 
there to point to "<My Documents>\POV-Ray\3.6\...".

Be aware that if you're using Vista or Win7, you may run into the very 
same problems with access rights that POV 3.6.2 tries to avoid.


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