i'm a newbie too, dave.  i was shy of anything that wasn't
the latest established version of pov-ray...  went thru a period
several years ago downloading and running all sorts of betas,
and some of them were very hard on a system (bad crashes).

but i don't think that pov-ray is that way.  i'm going for either
megapov or v3.5.  the reason?  when you go to the images
and animations groups, it seems like 90% of them are
accomplished using non-3.1 features.  and THEN, when those
guys (are there any women pov-rayers here?) are generous
enough to post the source, you GOTTA have it... GOTTA be
able to run it.

have you seen the torch?  the tornado?  GEEZ!  too bad that
awesome is an overused word.  and thats just to mention a
couple.  the images and animations groups are one place
where it truly is "all good".

good luck, miker



<dav### [at] intrepidvoygrcom> wrote in message news:3bb9fc6a@news.povray.org...
> Got a quick question for you all..
> I've had Pov 3.1 for a few months now.  Learning it all by experince..
>
> Done some water (not EXTREMLY pleased) and I've done some other stuff
> using basic shapes.. like the torus and such.
>
> My question is, should I invest the time to go to MegaPov and have Pov as
a backup plan?
>
> I've heard some good things about MegaPov.
>
> My ultimate goal is to make some landscapes.. I know POV can't do it all,
> and I would have to get other utils to do some of the stuff.
>
> Any help would be great!
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>

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