I used to play with Megapov @home and wrote some pics, using arrays ...
These pics usually also need a lot of rendering time ..

Now I got access to our SunOS Server at UNIversity (nice machine - 4 CPUs
(for multitaskin') and 1GB-Ram) ...
It is not much faster than my PII-Box (multiusers ...) but I'll use it for
large renderings over weeks ...

I thought I'll use it, _BUT_

I downloaded the SunOS-Version of POV, and tried, but I got Errors for my
used arrays ..

------------------
turing [126] [10:28pm] /home/walzer/povray/povray3/ownscenes>
../povray -Iblobby
.pov -c50 -w320 -h200 +a0.3
Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.02.SunOS.gcc
  This is an official version prepared by the POV-Ray Team(tm).  See the
    documentation on how to contact the authors or post a message on
    CompuServe's GO POVRAY Forum.  Also visit http://www.povray.org.
Copyright 1997 POV-Ray Team(tm)
Parsing Options
  Input file: blobby.pov (compatible to version 3.0)
  Remove bounds........On  Split unions........Off
  Library paths:
Output Options
  Image resolution 320 by 200 (rows 1 to 200, columns 1 to 320).
  Output file: blobby.tga, 24 bpp Targa
  Graphic display.....Off
  Mosaic preview......Off
  CPU usage histogram.Off
  Continued trace.....Off  Allow interruption..Off  Pause when done.....Off
  Verbose messages....Off
Tracing Options
  Quality:  9
  Bounding boxes.......On  Bounding threshold: 25
  Light Buffer.........On  Vista Buffer.........On
  Antialiasing.........On  (Method 1, Threshold 0.300, Depth 3, Jitter 1.00)
  Radiosity...........Off
Animation Options
  Clock value....   0.000  (Animation off)
Redirecting Options
  All Streams to console..........On
  Debug Stream to console.........On
  Fatal Stream to console.........On
  Render Stream to console........On
  Statistics Stream to console....On
  Warning Stream to console.......On


Parsing...      <-10, 0, 52>
        color rgb 1
        }

#declare uneek_field=array[ <----ERROR

blobby.pov:52: error: object or directive expected but undeclared identifier
'array' found instead.
------------

Is it true, that there are no Arrays in the official version ??
Do I have to download the sources of megapov and compile it myself ??? (hope
not)
... or are there some switches that can help me ???

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On Mon, 1 May 2000 22:34:53 +0200, Jan Walzer wrote:
>Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.02.SunOS.gcc
> [...]
>Is it true, that there are no Arrays in the official version ??
>Do I have to download the sources of megapov and compile it myself ??? (hope
>not)
>... or are there some switches that can help me ???

There are no arrays in version 3.02, no.  You need a more recent version.
Unfortunately, there is no longer an official SunOS compile, so you'll 
either have to build your own or find someone who has one they'll send you.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
These are my opinions.  I do NOT speak for the POV-Team.

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Jan Walzer wrote:

> I downloaded the SunOS-Version of POV, and tried, but I got Errors for my
> used arrays ..

According to my links there is source available for MegaPov that is
made to be compatible for SunSolaris.

http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm/graphics/povaddon/

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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Jan Walzer wrote:

> Now I got access to our SunOS Server at UNIversity (nice machine - 4 CPUs
> (for multitaskin') and 1GB-Ram) ...
(snip)
> I downloaded the SunOS-Version of POV, and tried, but I got Errors for my
> used arrays ..
(snip)
> Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.02.SunOS.gcc
(snip)
> Is it true, that there are no Arrays in the official version ??
> Do I have to download the sources of megapov and compile it myself ??? (hope
> not)

It's true for the SunOS binary. I don't have access to a Sun box, so the
official SunOS version hasn't been updated since 3.02.  I understand the
source compiles fine, though.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

-Mark Gordon

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If you don't know how to compile the program, I can send you the SunOS
binary (compiled by myself).

  (Strictly speaking it's not 100% official povray; it's the official
povray plus my fractal patterns, but that shouldn't not affect anything.)

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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In article <390de9b0@news.povray.org> , "Jan Walzer" 
<wal### [at] informatikuni-hallede> wrote:

> Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.02.SunOS.gcc
>   This is an official version prepared by the POV-Ray Team(tm).  See the
>     documentation on how to contact the authors or post a message on
>     CompuServe's GO POVRAY Forum.  Also visit http://www.povray.org.
> Copyright 1997 POV-Ray Team(tm)

The current official version of POV-Ray is 3.1g, but as pointed out by
others, there is currently no official compile of 3.1 for SunOS.


     Thorsten


____________________________________________________
Thorsten Froehlich
e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg

I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.
Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org

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> According to my links there is source available for MegaPov that is
> made to be compatible for SunSolaris.
>
> http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm/graphics/povaddon/
>
Hmmm .. seems your link it not what it is ought to be ...
There are some inc-files, but no link to the sources for Sun ...

OK ... but I'll try to take the megapov-sources (for sun) and compile it ...
My colleagues (is this the right spelling???) should be able to help me on
probs of compiling ... (The only thing would be my quotas [greetz to my
admin]) ..

On problems I'll post again ...

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>   If you don't know how to compile the program, I can send you the SunOS
> binary (compiled by myself).

If you have a compile of the current MegaPov compilation it would be nice to
get it
at <mailto://jan.w@lzer.net>

Of course give me a try on your "special"-version too....

Thanx ...

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Jan Walzer wrote:
> 
> > According to my links there is source available for MegaPov that is
> > made to be compatible for SunSolaris.
> >
> > http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm/graphics/povaddon/
> >
> Hmmm .. seems your link it not what it is ought to be ...
> There are some inc-files, but no link to the sources for Sun ...

My link is everything it is supposed to be. The problem appears to be
with MSIE . The download appears in Netscape but when I checked the
page in Explorer the bottom of the page is missing. The direct link
to the download is listed below if you want to give that a try -

http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm/graphics/povaddon/megapov4.src.tar.gz

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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> > > According to my links there is source available for MegaPov that is
> > > made to be compatible for SunSolaris.
> > >
> > > http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm/graphics/povaddon/
> > >
> > Hmmm .. seems your link it not what it is ought to be ...
> > There are some inc-files, but no link to the sources for Sun ...
>
> My link is everything it is supposed to be. The problem appears to be
> with MSIE . The download appears in Netscape but when I checked the
> page in Explorer the bottom of the page is missing. The direct link
> to the download is listed below if you want to give that a try -
>
>
http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm/graphics/povaddon/megapov4.src.tar.
gz

ahh ... thanX ... it's another strange thing with M$ ... now, I got the file
.. but I'll try it to compile the next days ...

so far ...

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