POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unofficial.patches : max_trace_level problem : Re: max_trace_level problem Server Time
2 Sep 2024 00:14:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: max_trace_level problem  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 5 Sep 2000 14:51:35
Message: <39b540b7$1@news.povray.org>
In article <39b54046$1@news.povray.org> , "Thorsten Froehlich" 
<tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

> In article <39b5066e@news.povray.org> , Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg>  wrote:
>
>>   You'll probably have to recompile the program with a bigger stack (or ask
>> someone to do it for you).
>>   Setting the stack size is a very compiler-dependant thing.
>
> Yes, but you on Mac is actually does nopt fully depend on the compiler.
>
> If you are using the PowerPC version of MegaPOV, here is how you can change
> is using ResEdit (make a backup copy of the application first!!!):
>
> - Open the MegaPOV application in ResEdit (you need ResEdit 2.1.x or later)
>   Make sure MegaPOV is not running while doing this!
> - Locate the resources of type 'cfrg'
> - Open the list of 'cfrg' resources
> - Then open 'cfrg' resource number 0
> - A window with 'cfrg ID = 0 from XXXX' (XXX = name of application)
> - Scroll down to the '1) member' section
> - Locate the 'App Stack' field.
> - The value is the 'App Stack' field is the stack size in bytes
> - Change it to something large, i.e. 600000 or just double the value in
>   there
> - Close the window and save the appliaction (just close ResEdit)
> - Start MegaPOV and it should all work now

Grrr, more spelling mistakes than I can count - I am in a rush right now,
sorry...!

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Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
e-mail: tho### [at] trfde

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