Carl lately stumbled upon this and was referenced to a thread in
povray.general on 24.11.2004, and I've now found that I'm having problems
with exactly the same bug. As I'm using thousands of objects which get
placed and modified via macros to create hair, single hairs will stick out
at random angles, so this bug is kinda annoying. It would also hinder the
workflow and design decisions on some important parts to make the system
customizable.

Thus, two questions, the first of an ordinary type which should be an easy
workaround as a solution for the time being, the second a little more the
kind of "handle-with-care", as it's actually a "Don't ask, just wait!"
question for which I'll probably get flamed or such. :-)

1. What were the changes from version 3.5 to 3.6? Which features got
changed/added/removed? I'm asking this as I would like to test the macros on
a "bug-free" system to assure that it's working properly. If the standard
SDL-programming author wouldn't recognize them (aside of the "when do the
radiosity values get clipped?"-Thingy), I could use them and hope that the
3.6.2 will be out soon. I'd just put a note in regard to this problem on my
website when making the system available for download.

2. Please don't kill me for asking, but is there any possibility of
releasing the patch for this (probably amonst other small things) ASAP
rather than waiting for other bugs to get fixed as well? Or maybe an
optional in-between fix to be downloaded for the desperate, with just this
bug fixed? The thread from 2004 suggests that Thorsten already has found a
fix for this... IMHO the issue of macros not working properly is actually a
major problem, at least on my end. I rely on many macros and if I can't be
sure that their values will be returned properly, I'd be sitting in some
sort of tiny Povers hell... ;-)

Kind regards,
Tim

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"Tim Nikias v2.0"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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