Hello everyone,

I just need a simple information (perhaps the answer has been already
give but I didn't see it!). The patch of Nathan Koop (Photon Map) (which
is really fantastic!!, I am Physicist and I appreciate the result) is
made for PovRay 3.1a. Can I use this exe (uvpov.exe) with PovRay 3.1g.

Thanks to give me an answer.

 Fabian.

PS: If Ken read this message, congratulation for your very good french!
J'apprecie beaucoup de voir un anglophone maitriser la langue de Moliere
comme vous la maitrisez! :)

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You need to trade out the 3.1g file named cmedit.dll in the
\bin\ subfolder of POV-Ray with the older files of version 3.1a.  I use a
DOS batch file to automate the change, but first copy or rename the newer
file to cmedit.dlo and the 3.1a file to cmedit.dlp
so they can be copied around okay.

Photon.bat is as follows:

@echo off
cd \
cd c:\progra~1\pov-ra~1.1\bin
copy /y cmedit.dll cmedit.dlx
copy /y cmedit.dlp cmedit.dll
cd Photon
uvpov.exe

Then to get Official POV back, 31g.bat:

@echo off
cd \
cd c:\progra~1\pov-ra~1.1\bin
copy /y cmedit.dll cmedit.dlx
copy /y cmedit.dlo cmedit.dll
pvengine.exe

The *.dlx files are just a safety precaution to retain the last used DLLs.
So,  Photon.bat  gives you the UVPov (photon patch) in a subfolder of \bin\
by the way, and  31g.bat  gets you back again.  I made shortcuts to these
batch files in Windows and use them to switch between the two, also I use a
third batch for the Super Patch.

Super.bat:

@echo off
cd \
cd c:\progra~1\pov-ra~1.1\bin
copy /y cmedit.dll cmedit.dlx
copy /y cmedit.dls cmedit.dll
cd Super
spovray.exe

You may need to minimize and re-maximize the POV-Ray window to get it to
display properly, I don't know why it has troubles.

Bob

Fabian Brau <fab### [at] umhacbe> wrote in message
news:3802FE31.94A47F15@umh.ac.be...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I just need a simple information (perhaps the answer has been already
> give but I didn't see it!). The patch of Nathan Koop (Photon Map) (which
> is really fantastic!!, I am Physicist and I appreciate the result) is
> made for PovRay 3.1a. Can I use this exe (uvpov.exe) with PovRay 3.1g.
>
> Thanks to give me an answer.
>
>  Fabian.
>
> PS: If Ken read this message, congratulation for your very good french!
> J'apprecie beaucoup de voir un anglophone maitriser la langue de Moliere
> comme vous la maitrisez! :)
>

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Actually, the newest UVPov can use the 3.1g dlls with no apparent problems
(I upgraded to 3.1g a few weeks ago and have had no problems).  No more need
to swap dlls.  :-)

-Nathan

Bob Hughes <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote...
> You need to trade out the 3.1g file named cmedit.dll in the
> \bin\ subfolder of POV-Ray with the older files of version 3.1a.  I use a
> DOS batch file to automate the change, but first copy or rename the newer
> file to cmedit.dlo and the 3.1a file to cmedit.dlp
> so they can be copied around okay.
>
> Photon.bat is as follows:
>
> @echo off
> cd \
> cd c:\progra~1\pov-ra~1.1\bin
> copy /y cmedit.dll cmedit.dlx
> copy /y cmedit.dlp cmedit.dll
> cd Photon
> uvpov.exe
>
> Then to get Official POV back, 31g.bat:
>
> @echo off
> cd \
> cd c:\progra~1\pov-ra~1.1\bin
> copy /y cmedit.dll cmedit.dlx
> copy /y cmedit.dlo cmedit.dll
> pvengine.exe
>
> The *.dlx files are just a safety precaution to retain the last used DLLs.
> So,  Photon.bat  gives you the UVPov (photon patch) in a subfolder of
\bin\
> by the way, and  31g.bat  gets you back again.  I made shortcuts to these
> batch files in Windows and use them to switch between the two, also I use
a
> third batch for the Super Patch.
>
> Super.bat:
>
> @echo off
> cd \
> cd c:\progra~1\pov-ra~1.1\bin
> copy /y cmedit.dll cmedit.dlx
> copy /y cmedit.dls cmedit.dll
> cd Super
> spovray.exe
>
> You may need to minimize and re-maximize the POV-Ray window to get it to
> display properly, I don't know why it has troubles.
>
> Bob
>
> Fabian Brau <fab### [at] umhacbe> wrote in message
> news:3802FE31.94A47F15@umh.ac.be...
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I just need a simple information (perhaps the answer has been already
> > give but I didn't see it!). The patch of Nathan Koop (Photon Map) (which
> > is really fantastic!!, I am Physicist and I appreciate the result) is
> > made for PovRay 3.1a. Can I use this exe (uvpov.exe) with PovRay 3.1g.
> >
> > Thanks to give me an answer.
> >
> >  Fabian.
> >
> > PS: If Ken read this message, congratulation for your very good french!
> > J'apprecie beaucoup de voir un anglophone maitriser la langue de Moliere
> > comme vous la maitrisez! :)
> >
>
>

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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 11:03:15 -0400, "Nathan Kopp" <Nat### [at] Koppcom> wrote:

>Actually, the newest UVPov can use the 3.1g dlls with no apparent problems
>(I upgraded to 3.1g a few weeks ago and have had no problems).  No more need
>to swap dlls.  :-)

  I can confirm this. I've had no problems using UVPov with v3.1g and Ron
Parker's Superpatch also works seamlessly.

-- 
Alan
http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer

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Thank you all!
I confirm also that there are no problem!

   Fabian.

Alan Kong wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 11:03:15 -0400, "Nathan Kopp" <Nat### [at] Koppcom> wrote:
>
> >Actually, the newest UVPov can use the 3.1g dlls with no apparent problems
> >(I upgraded to 3.1g a few weeks ago and have had no problems).  No more need
> >to swap dlls.  :-)
>
>   I can confirm this. I've had no problems using UVPov with v3.1g and Ron
> Parker's Superpatch also works seamlessly.
>
> --
> Alan
> http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer

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I'm always the last to know.
Thanks in advance then Nathan, Ron, whoever else...

Bob

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