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From: LanuHum
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 5 Nov 2016 18:30:01
Message: <web.581e5c3d3f4547427a3e03fe0@news.povray.org>
Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 11/5/2016 8:38 PM, LanuHum wrote:
> > Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> >> On 11/5/2016 7:19 PM, LanuHum wrote:
> >>> Sorry! I am very worried.
> >>
> >> Sorry to hear that.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>       Stephen
> >
> > But, I'm really worried!
>
> The word you might mean is concerned. :)
>
> > And I really want to put an end to the endless debate.
> > Povray must have GPU.
> > Povray should become a universal tool: best of the best.
> > I love him for endless possibilities.
> > Such opportunities no one else...
> > All of this should be available to all...
> >
> >
>
> This has been asked many times over the years. And always the answer is
> that it is not possible or so hard that it is next to impossible.
> PovRay has to be portable to all OS and hardware.
> I am only a user and cannot comment on the practicability.
> Questions:
> Could you programme to do this for all types of GPUs?
> Could you work with other developers in a professional way to integrate
> it into the project?
>
> It would be great if PovRay could use a GPU but always the answer is
> that it cannot be done.
>
> --
>
> Regards
>      Stephen



Developers I know: clipka and Le Forgeron.
Important for me their opinion,,,
Clipka has uberpov, Gerome has hgpovray
I will take it...

Gerome; - problems: they do not use the C++11
Gerome - au!
you'll be a long time to write in Devanagari???


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From: David Buck
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 5 Nov 2016 21:25:14
Message: <581e867a$1@news.povray.org>
On 2016-11-05 3:51 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> This is my oldest surviving image rendered with POV-Ray, in 1997...
>
> I suddenly become aware of some little progress. ;-)
>

Here's an image rendered by DKBTrace before it became POVRay.  It was 
modeled by Rick Demers at Carleton University.  He didn't quite get the 
positioning right on the top of the pillars but the image was 
nonetheless stunning when he created it.  It's called "roman".  It shows 
the marble texture we had available at that time.

Enjoy.


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From: omniverse
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 5 Nov 2016 22:35:00
Message: <web.581e96283f4547429c5d6c810@news.povray.org>
David Buck <dav### [at] simberoncom> wrote:
>
> Here's an image rendered by DKBTrace before it became POVRay.  It was
> modeled by Rick Demers at Carleton University.

That sky is what I was wanting to see again! Just like I remember it.

I suppose this would have been old ruins before its time if really built that
way. Not going to collapse as it is, being a ray traced image!

To my eyes there's an illusion of actual surface displacement because the two
nearest column bases aren't touching the ground. Of course the 'normal' waviness
helps to do that. Realized it must be a sphere it is set upon, not centered atop
it. Only a guess.

Bob


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 6 Nov 2016 02:55:33
Message: <581ee1f5$1@news.povray.org>
On 6-11-2016 2:25, David Buck wrote:
> On 2016-11-05 3:51 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> This is my oldest surviving image rendered with POV-Ray, in 1997...
>>
>> I suddenly become aware of some little progress. ;-)
>>
>
> Here's an image rendered by DKBTrace before it became POVRay.  It was
> modeled by Rick Demers at Carleton University.  He didn't quite get the
> positioning right on the top of the pillars but the image was
> nonetheless stunning when he created it.  It's called "roman".  It shows
> the marble texture we had available at that time.
>
> Enjoy.
>
>
Oh! Yes! This is quintessential Ray Tracing indeed! It were images like 
this that got me interested in the first place, also influenced by the 
mythical Amiga which I bought in 1986.

-- 
Thomas


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 6 Nov 2016 05:12:04
Message: <581f01f4$1@news.povray.org>
Am 05.11.2016 um 23:26 schrieb LanuHum:

> Gerome; - problems: they do not use the C++11

(I guess you mean "Jerome"?)

Official POV-Ray does not use C++11 either, and still uses C++03 instead.

Maybe you mean that Jerome's HG-Povray uses a subset of C++03 that is
incompatible with C++11?

Well, that wasn't too difficult for him to do, because his HG-Povray is
based on an earlier version of POV-Ray 3.7, which itself wasn't
compatible with C++11.

Compatibility with C++11 has been established in the master branch by
now, but keeping up with that branch isn't too easy, as its architecture
is still in flux, so Jerome has opted to wait until the dust has
settled, so to speak.


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From: David Buck
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 6 Nov 2016 06:58:00
Message: <581f1ac8$1@news.povray.org>
On 2016-11-05 10:32 PM, omniverse wrote:
> David Buck <dav### [at] simberoncom> wrote:
>>
>> Here's an image rendered by DKBTrace before it became POVRay.  It was
>> modeled by Rick Demers at Carleton University.
>
> That sky is what I was wanting to see again! Just like I remember it.
>
> I suppose this would have been old ruins before its time if really built that
> way. Not going to collapse as it is, being a ray traced image!
>
> To my eyes there's an illusion of actual surface displacement because the two
> nearest column bases aren't touching the ground. Of course the 'normal' waviness
> helps to do that. Realized it must be a sphere it is set upon, not centered atop
> it. Only a guess.
>
> Bob
>

The desert floor is actually a flat plane.  Here's a section of the old 
DKBTrace data file for it.  (and yes, we Canadians spell colour with a u)

{ Define the desert floor }
OBJECT
    PLANE <0.0 1.0 0.0> -2.0 END_PLANE

    TEXTURE
       0.05  { This value dithers the colours }
       COLOUR RED 1.0 GREEN 0.66 BLUE 0.2
       RIPPLES 0.5
       FREQUENCY 2000.0
       SCALE <50000.0 50000.0 50000.0>
       AMBIENT 0.3
       DIFFUSE 0.7
    END_TEXTURE

    COLOUR RED 1.0 GREEN 0.66 BLUE 0.2

END_OBJECT


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From: LanuHum
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 6 Nov 2016 08:50:01
Message: <web.581f34b03f4547427a3e03fe0@news.povray.org>
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 05.11.2016 um 23:26 schrieb LanuHum:
>
> > Gerome; - problems: they do not use the C++11
>
> (I guess you mean "Jerome"?)
>

Oh! Warning: error! Thanks. :)

> Official POV-Ray does not use C++11 either, and still uses C++03 instead.
>
> Maybe you mean that Jerome's HG-Povray uses a subset of C++03 that is
> incompatible with C++11?
>

Yes. I use "auto", so turn on the flag C++11. hgpovray is not built.
povray-master - O.K


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From: Cousin Ricky
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 6 Nov 2016 14:02:01
Message: <581f7e29@news.povray.org>
WIP.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 7 Nov 2016 12:26:23
Message: <5820b93f$1@news.povray.org>
On Sat, 05 Nov 2016 21:25:17 -0400, David Buck wrote:

> On 2016-11-05 3:51 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> This is my oldest surviving image rendered with POV-Ray, in 1997...
>>
>> I suddenly become aware of some little progress. ;-)
>>
>>
> Here's an image rendered by DKBTrace before it became POVRay.  It was
> modeled by Rick Demers at Carleton University.  He didn't quite get the
> positioning right on the top of the pillars but the image was
> nonetheless stunning when he created it.  It's called "roman".  It shows
> the marble texture we had available at that time.
> 
> Enjoy.

That brings back memories, thanks for sharing, David. :)



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw


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From: Jörg "Yadgar" Bleimann
Subject: Re: 25 years of POVRay
Date: 9 Nov 2016 18:12:48
Message: <5823ad70@news.povray.org>
Hi(gh)!

On 05.11.2016 08:51, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> This is my oldest surviving image rendered with POV-Ray, in 1997...
>
> I suddenly become aware of some little progress. ;-)
>
Naive futurism, I would say...

Attached here you see one my oldest still existing POV-Ray images, from 
1998... it shows a small portion of the uplands east of Cologne, 
modelled after a topographical map and made to look a bit more... Afghan!

Yes, it's an early precursor of Khyberspace...

See you there!

Yadgar


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