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  Re: Request for *.df4 format (ASCII text based)  
From: Tor Olav Kristensen
Date: 26 Feb 2008 17:04:58
Message: <47c48d0a$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Woody <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>> Would it be possible to include a *.df4 format where instead of dimension and
>> voxel data being in byte code, it was in some type of standard *.txt format?
>> Possibly ASCII? I realize it increase runtime (not sure how much, but I suppose
>> "Dramatically increase runtime" might be the right answer"). Even thought a
>> *.df4 option is included the *.df3 option can also be included for people where
>> runtime does matter.
> 
>   Nobody would write those files by hand anyways, so what's the point in
> having them in readable ascii format?
> 
>   Writing the current DF3 file from a program (in basically any language)
> is quite trivial. If you don't know how, just ask.

But some might want to use POV-Ray SDL to write them...

=)

-- 
Tor Olav
http://subcube.com


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