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  Re: Megapov error whith skyvase.pov  
From: Ken
Date: 28 May 2001 09:07:29
Message: <3B124E55.B3EE2B18@pacbell.net>
Steve wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> When trying to render skyvase with megapov, versions:
> 
> 3.1g.mp+.0.5a.0.2.5b (UniMegaPOVPlus 0.5a mod 0.2.5b).Linux.gcc
> 3.1g.mp.0.6.2 (mPov 0.6.2).Linux.gcc
> 3.1g.mp.0.7.0 (mPov 0.7.0).Linux.gcc
> 
> I get the error message:
> 
> Parsing.......    pigment { FBM_Clouds }
>     finish { ambient 1.0 diffuse 0 }
> }
> texture {                          // The darker underside of the clouds
>     pigment { FBM_Clouds  translate -0.15* <----ERROR
> 
> /usr/local/lib/povray31/include/textures.inc:335: error: No matching } in pigment, *
found
> instead.
> 
> It renders fine (though slower than standard 3.1g), with version 3.1g.ump.0.4
(UniMegaPov
> 0.4).Linux.gcc.
> 
> This has all probably been discovered before, but I wan't aware of the problem
(whatever
> it is).

My official version of skyvase does not have "pigment { FBM_Clouds }"
clouds anywhere in the file. You are probably using a custom version
of the file. Anyway you cannot have a finish statement, declared or
otherwise, within a pigment statement which would explain the error
message.

-- 
Ken Tyler


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