Adden:

My specs are:

256mb SDRAM
P3 450
Win98SE/Win2K

PS. This strange occurance is happening in both OSs. And with only
some POV files. All my files contain photon mapping and radiosity
code, but only some will re-render without restarting MegaPOV.

Thanks again

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:25:25 -0400, pk <thi### [at] videotronca> wrote:

>Spaztic wrote:
>> 
>> Hiya,
>> 
>> Any reason why megaPOV 0.5a will render only a black scene with some
>> of my POV files? Most render and re-render fine if I stop them part
>> way through a render. Some just show that they rendered completely but
>> are all black. I only found this with scenes containg radiosity and
>> photon mapping. When this happens, I have to end MegaPOV and
>> completely restart the program EVERY time. Also, I don't think the
>> comments would have anything to do with it. And the INC file has been
>> included in the scene file so there are no outside references to
>> mterials or objects. This only started happening when I started
>> getting more accurate with the radiosity and photon settings.
>> 
>> SPECS:  256mb SDRAM
>>         Win98SE/Win2000
>>         V3 3000 AGP
>POVRay doesn't care about your V3: 3dfx doesn't give any raytracing
>abilities to their 3D cards 8)
>What's your Processor? What OS are you using when it happens, etc?
>I'm sure it'll help more than knowing you have a V3(i'm getting a Ge
>Force 256 8p~~)
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