POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.macintosh: Unable to Save, Open, or Render

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From: Robert Steely
Subject: Unable to Save, Open, or Render
Date: 16 Apr 2002 15:20:31
Message: <robsteely-B035F5.15203116042002@netplex.aussie.org>

This is the first time I've used POV 3.1g.r2 on my PowerMac G4/733 and 
I'm unable to open files, save files, or render scenes (all menu items 
in the Render menu are dimmed). No errors were reported when starting 
the program.

I'm using Mac OS 10.1.3 and Classic 9.2.2. After I was unable to get it 
to work properly in classic mode on Mac OS 10, I booted 9.2.2 and tried 
again. I got the same results. I also increased memory from 10mb to 20mb 
without luck.

On Mac OS X, I'm using Quesa instead of QuickDraw 3D, of course.

What do I need to do to get POV to work?

Bob Steely

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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: Unable to Save, Open, or Render
Date: 17 Apr 2002 02:14:48
Message: <3cbd12d8@news.povray.org>

In article <rob### [at] netplexaussieorg> , Robert 
Steely <rob### [at] ncrrcom>  wrote:

> On Mac OS X, I'm using Quesa instead of QuickDraw 3D, of course.

What is "Quesa"?  Did you try to run POV-Ray with all your weired extensions
turned off?

    Thorsten

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From: Robert Steely
Subject: Re: Unable to Save, Open, or Render
Date: 17 Apr 2002 11:50:26
Message: <robsteely-E52E55.11502717042002@netplex.aussie.org>

In article <3cbd12d8@news.povray.org>,
 "Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

> In article <rob### [at] netplexaussieorg> , Robert 
> Steely <rob### [at] ncrrcom>  wrote:
> 
> > On Mac OS X, I'm using Quesa instead of QuickDraw 3D, of course.
> 
> What is "Quesa"?  Did you try to run POV-Ray with all your weired extensions
> turned off?
> 
>     Thorsten
> 
> ____________________________________________________
> Thorsten Froehlich
> e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg
> 
> I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.
> Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org

Quesa is an open-source replacement for QD3D, since QD3D doesn't exist 
on Mac OS X. It's required by a number of programs such as: Meshwork and 
REALbasic. The presence of Quesa probably isn't a factor because many 
others have it installed and run POV just fine.

I removed 3.1 and installed 3.5b17 which works just fine, although I'm 
looking forward to the Templates menu working again.

Bob

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