POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Background is not rendered : Re: Background is not rendered Server Time
30 Jul 2024 04:14:07 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Background is not rendered  
From: Rage30
Date: 25 Oct 2004 10:05:00
Message: <web.417d075c8cc7817fea905ff0@news.povray.org>
Thanks a lot Stefan,
it was my problem.

i've changed that parameter in the ini file and now it's rendering
perfectly.

Christian

Stefan Viljoen <ryl### [at] intekomcoza> wrote:
> Rage30 wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've made many many drawing with Moray & Povray on my own computer.  Now i'm
> > working on my friend computer and i've got a problem: My background is not
> > rendered.  It's a simple gray color.  When i render it, in Moray my
> > background is black, and in Povray my background is full of little square
> > .... like if no background was drawn.
> >
> > Any idea of what's wrong?
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> > Christian
>
> I wonder if you have the output_alpha setting on or off?
>
> I seem to remember having this problem that instead of a
> black/grey/white background to my images, produced .TGA files had the
> squares you refer to as background. I think this has to do with the
> output_alpha ini settting.
>
> You will most likely find that your output_alpha ini setting is "on" -
> change it to "off" and see if it will work. Here is an .ini file snippet
>    where I have turned mine off:
>
> Output_Alpha=Off
> Output_File_Name="0017"
> Output_File_Type=t
> Output_To_File=On
> Palette=9
>
> Regards,
> --
> Stefan Viljoen
> Software Support Technician
> Polar Design Solutions


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