hi,

"Franz von Dardel" <dar### [at] orangefr> wrote:
> "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>
>
> 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?

I have far too little info, so only can speculate.  (and I do not use an UI
version of POV-Ray).  here, on a GNU/Linux machine, there are two files which
control where POV-Ray can read from and write to, both named 'povray.conf'.  one
is global, the other will be in your user's directory (here '~/.povray/3.7/').
I'd start with checking/customising those.


regards, jr.

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