Also I am using the Povray 3.5 beta 9
"Patrick Dugan" <pat### [at] usnetcomcorp com> wrote in message
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> I posted this before in beta test but now have more data
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> I'm using Windows XP and creating a large BMP file.
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> The problem regards the continue function. I am rendering a large (10240
x
> 7680) image using the switches -D for the render. I let the render run
> all night and it creates about 600 lines. I stop the render, reboot the
> computer (the next morning) and then start (continue with -D +c)
> the render again assuming it will continue where it left off. Instead the
> render window shows it starting at 1 again (out of 7679) despite the fact
> that it had completed 600 lines previously. I examined the BMP and the
600
> lines are there but povray insists on starting over at the top.
>
> Why would it do that when I have the +c switch specifed?
>
> I have tested the same thing with a PNG and TGA formats and those continue
> normally. For the time being I am sticking with those other formats.
>
> Is there something that is being misread in the large BMP that would cause
> it to not start where it left off? Not every scene causes this problem
only
> certain scenes I have made. Once it gets "stuck" and unable to continue
> (after several attempts) I tried using a different format for output ansd
> that solved the issue.
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