POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.macintosh : not saving : Re: not saving Server Time
18 Feb 2026 08:05:07 EST (-0500)
  Re: not saving  
From: Franz von Dardel
Date: 15 Feb 2026 11:10:00
Message: <web.6991ef95dfcd0ee7a6b582f13a93d4b0@news.povray.org>
"jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "Franz von Dardel" <dar### [at] orangefr> wrote:
> > Using POVRay 3.7.0.x
> > When I use "not saving" (Image Type Don't Save Image), rendering is OK but
> > (obviously) the image is not saved.  When I use another Image Type (e.g. PNG) I
> > get the message "Cannot create render state output file."
> > Where is the mistake?
>
> you wrote about having this problem a while ago, one reply to your original post
> was by the (Apple stuff) maintainer, did you see/read it ?
> <https://news.povray.org/69613afe%40news.povray.org>
>
>
> regards, jr.

Yes, I wrote about the problem in January, but at that time I did not realise
that the option "Don't Save Image" would work, while selecting for instance
"PNG" would produce the message "Cannot create render state output file.". Why
is ist so, and what can I do to correct the problem?


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