POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.bugreports : golds.inc and metals.inc : Re: golds.inc and metals.inc Server Time
26 Jun 2024 05:10:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: golds.inc and metals.inc  
From: Kieu
Date: 8 Jan 1999 18:57:47
Message: <36969B73.6C954B8E@sympatico.ca>
Hello.
Use : texture {T_XXX..._XX}.(see golds.inc and metals.inc files)
If you intend to find some new colors, please forget this.

Friedemann Schmidt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> in the files golds.inc and metals.inc the finish constants
> F_MetalA...F_MetalE has been declared in different ways. So this
>










>
> isn't the same as
>











>
> The finishs in golds.inc are a bit more reflective.
>
> I know, this isn't really a bug in POV-Ray itself, but because these
> files often has to be included, it's perhaps important to know. For
> example if one adds metals.inc to a scene lately, the finishs of
> already existing objects could change...
>
> What I don't understand is, that it makes no difference if I include
> the files like this
>


>
> or like this
>


>
> The finishs from metals.inc always overwrite the ones from golds.inc.
> Possibly this is a bug in POV-Ray... ;-) I've no other explanation.
>
> Bye,
> Friedemann
>
> Friedemann Schmidt
> F.S### [at] fhtw-berlinde
> Raytracing-Gallery: http://www.rz.fhtw-berlin.de/~s0049669/


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