Sphere sweep and Spline functions are in Mega Pov... I am not sure how they
compare to 3.5... Good luck and happy poving... =]

Simon Lemieux wrote:

> Ok, I took the time to read more about the problem and it seem to be a
> common one with MacOS 9 (9.1 here).  I will probably download a copy of
> Povray 3.1g, though I wonder if MegaPOV has the sphere sweep I'm
> interested in! ;)
>
> Thanks anyway!
>   Simon
>
> I wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >   I just downloaded POV-Ray 3.5 for the Mac and tried to render a very
> > simple scene (sphere lit by light).  I tried this on a iBook and an old
> > PPC with same results.  When I start the render, everything goes fine
> > and the RenderQueue opens saying the render is being done and another
> > window opens with the image slowly appearing (as it should be!).  But at
> > the end...  when the image is finished and everything seems alright, I
> > close the render window, and looking at the render queue, I see the
> > render is not yet completed, actually the render queue does not seem to
> > know how much it is completed, it displays a dumb progress bar (//  //
> > //  //) instead of the usual progess bar (||||||||----).  I click the
> > render and try to make it stop, but nothing happens...
> >
> >   Actually, I have to force quit Povray and reload it in order to render
> > my scene again, and all this just to tweek the color of the sphere!
> >
> >   Has anyone had this kind of trouble before?  How could I get the
> > render to work and finish properly?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   Simon

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