Nekar Xenos wrote:
> 
> Maybe this is a dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway. I wonder why
> halo is not available any more. 

Because the media concept is more universal, it replaces both atmosphere
and halo.  Some other changes went together with it like the interior
structure and moving of things like ior from finish to interior.

> From what I've seen, it's very good. Can't
> it just be added back into the new version of PoV? 

It probably could, but AFAIK it was quite deeply nested with other things
so it would be a lot of work to get it running again, furthermore some
things could interfere with the media code. 

Also note it was taken out of Povray for good reasons (see above) and
therefore will probably not be added to official povray again.

> There are so many things
> I want to do that don't seem to work with media. Something like the fireball
> I've seen posted...
> 

They probably could be done with media too, but without doubt some things
got much more complicated.

Christoph

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