I seem to have a problem with getting texture maps to work properly. I dl'd
a couple of freeware textures in JPG format to expirement with the texture
capabilities of POV. I converted the JPG to BMP format and applied it to an
object in Moray. I hit render and.... nothing. Doesn't even try. Any ideas?

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> 
> I seem to have a problem with getting texture maps to work properly. I dl'd
> a couple of freeware textures in JPG format to expirement with the texture
> capabilities of POV. I converted the JPG to BMP format and applied it to an
> object in Moray. I hit render and.... nothing. Doesn't even try. Any ideas?

I had the same problem, POV hang and Moray become very slow.
I added the path of my textures in the povray.ini and it works fine now.
I don't know if it is a bug in Moray or in POV-Ray, but when POV-Ray
detect
an error when parsing, POV hang and Moray must be closed (reset comms
don't
always work).
 
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There should be a big warning in Moray:
In the "Editor" menu of POV-Ray, turn OFF:
    "Auto-Load Error File"
    "Auto-Show Parse Messages"

-Nathan

Didier TOULOUZE wrote:
> 

> >
> > I seem to have a problem with getting texture maps to work properly. I dl'd
> > a couple of freeware textures in JPG format to expirement with the texture
> > capabilities of POV. I converted the JPG to BMP format and applied it to an
> > object in Moray. I hit render and.... nothing. Doesn't even try. Any ideas?
> 
> I had the same problem, POV hang and Moray become very slow.
> I added the path of my textures in the povray.ini and it works fine now.
> I don't know if it is a bug in Moray or in POV-Ray, but when POV-Ray
> detect
> an error when parsing, POV hang and Moray must be closed (reset comms
> don't
> always work).
> 
> __________________________________________________________________
> Didier TOULOUZE                             Visitez ma page web !
> dito@club-internet.fr          http://perso.club-internet.fr/dito

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Hi Nathan Kopp, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> There should be a big warning in Moray:
> In the "Editor" menu of POV-Ray, turn OFF:
>     "Auto-Load Error File"
>     "Auto-Show Parse Messages"
The weird thing is that Moray tests the setting of these two flags on
every startup and will display a dialog asking whether it should
change them, yet on some systems, they're not being detected properly.
I have no idea why not.

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
  Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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> I had the same problem, POV hang and Moray become very slow.

mee too


> I don't know if it is a bug in Moray or in POV-Ray, but when POV-Ray
> detect
> an error when parsing, POV hang and Moray must be closed (reset comms
> don't
> always work).

You can change this with an Option in Povray.
When PovRay detects an Error , PovRay stops and you have a look at the Message

I just can't remember the Name of this option , Lutz do know it because he wrote
it in the Beta-Phase of Moray3.1 (Lutz !!)

Frank

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Hi Frank Keller, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> I just can't remember the Name of this option , Lutz do know it because he wrote
> it in the Beta-Phase of Moray3.1 (Lutz !!)
Stuff like this is always available on the 'F.A.Q. + Bugs' page on our
website.

This is pasted from there:

- POV-Ray and Moray hang when I start a render. Why? 

If there is a problem with the scene file and the POV-Ray parser wants
to show a message, it will hang if the Auto-Load Error File menu item
in POV-Rays Editor menu is checked. You should uncheck the Auto-Load
Error File menu item and check the Auto-Show Parse Messages menu item
in POV-Rays Editor menu. Note that the Editor menu is only displayed
if a POV file is currently open for editing. 

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
  Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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I don't use BMP format. But when I have used it I used them with SYS
extensions, renaming the image.bmp to image.sys first. I still got mixed
results.
Btw, I've never used bmps in Moray because I don't really use Moray,
just saw this question and thought it might relate somehow.

Billy Rawls wrote:
> 
> I seem to have a problem with getting texture maps to work properly. I dl'd
> a couple of freeware textures in JPG format to expirement with the texture
> capabilities of POV. I converted the JPG to BMP format and applied it to an
> object in Moray. I hit render and.... nothing. Doesn't even try. Any ideas?

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