POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.advanced-users: Changing POV #version mid-scene?: Re: Changing POV #version mid-scene?

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From: Doctor John
Date: 11 Jan 2014 02:45:47
Message: <52d0f6ab$1@news.povray.org>

On 11/01/14 07:16, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> 
> Setting the #version in the include file insures that POV-Ray will know which
> version the file was intended for.  For example, an include file written for 3.6
> might use ambient to make an object glow.  This does not work in 3.7 when
> radiosity is used, but with a #version 3.6; POV-Ray 3.7 will know that it should
> revert to earlier behavior just for this file.  Thus, an include file written
> for 3.6 will behave predictably in a scene written for 3.7.  (This is one answer
> to Doctor John's question.)
> 

Apart from, of course, crackle ;-)

John
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