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13 Aug 2024 08:11:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: SHADERS: Please make POVRAY support Plugins SHADERS in the future release  
From: Ken
Date: 22 Jan 2000 11:24:30
Message: <3889D90C.1CDA49E@pacbell.net>
Ron Parker wrote:

> >Has this situation changed with the addition of UV mapping to MegaPov ?
> 
> To some extent, but not entirely.  If UV mapping applied to all objects,
> it would be a good start.  But we still need du, dv, dPdu, dPdv, etc.
> which we can probably best get by implementing differential tracing.
> Don't worry, the POV-Team isn't ignoring the requests to make shading
> more powerful for some future version (not 3.5!) but the final result
> might not be RSL.

I already replied there was not much if any chance of it making it into
v3.5 and only a possibility for 4.0. I did mention that if anyone would
like to patch POV-Ray with this feature that the POV-Team would be happy
to evaluate it :)

>  Don't ask for more informationon this, as more information does not exist.

I am happy with your reply.

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
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