wrote:
> I always set povray to low priority on my NT.

Note I write about system priority, not native POV-Ray priority. When POV-Ray is
in lowest native priority but normal system priority then I can observe moments
of stagnation.

ABX
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disc{z,-z 5#macro O()asc(substr("-+((1*(,1,/.-,*/(,&.323/'1"e,1))*.1-4#declare
e=e-1;#end#local e=26;pigment{#local g=function(_){ceil(_)-_}function#local//X
k=function{pattern{object{sphere_sweep{linear_spline 13#while(e>0)<O(),O()//AB
>.01#end}}}}{k(g(atan2(x,y)),g(ln((y+x)^2+1e-5)),0)}}finish{ambient 1}}//POV35

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> I have never had such a problem unless i set the priority to more than
> 'Lower',

ok, it seems like that helps for anyone having this problem, so I'll try that :)


cu!
--
camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local C=0
;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1
;#end#end L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
<.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)               // ZK http://www.povplace.be.tf

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87sv4u8alrd91nn183e8a32hvkujd31ft7@4ax.com...
> iirc I have confirmed this behaviour in answer to your post in some group
(iirc
> beta-test)

Oops sorry, I didn't remember your message... I did report it during the
pre-beta phase, and Peter Popov confirmed having seen it a couple of times
and tracking it down to a video problem, but nothing more. In fact it's been
a real problem for me, but very elusive.

> I always set povray to low priority on my NT. It helps avoid pauses in my
case.
Now I understand that's it's the system priority that you talked about. I'll
try to see whether this workaround works for me.

G.

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Setting (in POV-Ray) GUI-priority to lowest and (in Windows Task-Manager) leaving
POV-Ray's priority at normal seems to have solved the problem.

tnx for your ideas!
cu!
--
camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local C=0
;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1
;#end#end L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
<.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)               // ZK http://www.povplace.be.tf

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I also have windows XP and have the same problem. However simply setting the
render priority to lowest solves it wth no degrade in performance.

"Zeger Knaepen" <zeg### [at] studentkuleuvenacbe> wrote in message
news:3c4e0c85@news.povray.org...
> Whenever I've started a render, it's almost impossible to type in POV's
editor.  Every now
> and then POV-Ray decides to take a nap for a few seconds, and during that
period, I can do
> almost nothing with my computer.  However, when I restart POV-Ray, the
problem seems to be
> solved.
> I'm using POVMan 0.71.4, but I had the same problem with MegaPov 0.7.
> Now, what I want to know is: did anyone have a similar problem, and is it
fixed in POV-Ray
> 3.5?
>
> cu!
> --
> camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local
C=0
> ;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local
C=C+1
> ;#end#end
L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
> <.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)               // ZK
http://www.povplace.be.tf
>
>


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