"Chris Huff" <chr### [at] maccom>...
> In article <3A8042C2.61941381@ucdavis.edu>, Ryan Constantine
> <rcc### [at] ucdavisedu> wrote:
>
> > i thought there wasn't going to be another megapov until pov3.5 came
> > out.  i could've sworn nathan said so anyway.
>
> It wasn't planned, but I think MegaPOV 0.5 was also supposed to be the
> last MegaPOV until POV 3.5. It just has some bug fixes and a few new
> features, it could have been called MegaPOV 0.6b.

Correct.  I didn't do much work on this release... just a bit of
"proof-reading."  :-)  But I agreed that it would be good to get these
bugfixes into the hands of the POV community.

-Nathan

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Ryan Constantine wrote:
> 
> has there been any consideration of including the additions made by
> povman?  i actually haven't had time to use it, but at school, i've had
> a ton of time to read about the renderman shading language and it seems
> to be a worth while addition to the already great povray.  keep up the
> good work.  pov rules!

Before adding povman features to MegaPov I'd like to add at least
surface derivatives stuff to it, as it is one of key features for
surface shaders. Unfortunately due to lack of time (and inspiration) I
haven't finished it yet and seems, like it will take another couple of
month at least. 
However, hopefully sometimes in next week I plan to release new version
of PovMan, which includes MegaPov 0.7 changes, contains some bug fixes
and adds some nice features. Stay tuned!

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smellenbergh wrote:
> 
> MegaPOV version 0.7 can be downloaded at:
> 
Hmm, seems like memory leak, which I reported in article

news://news.povray.org/39F18B61.A9919B5E%40aetec.ee

is missed?

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I seem to remember seeing that post, but I basically skipped over it
because:
1) I was not planning to do another release of MegaPov
2) I wanted to concentrate on bugfixes that related to POV 3.5
3) That spline patch will not be included in POV 3.5, only the other spline
patch

So, because I was in a hurry and wanted to focus my time on POV 3.5, I did
not pay much attention.  I do appreciate your bug tracking... it's just that
it happens to be a bug in one of the features that will eventually be
dropped.

-Nathan

"Vahur Krouverk" <vah### [at] aetecee> wrote...
> smellenbergh wrote:
> >
> > MegaPOV version 0.7 can be downloaded at:
> >
> Hmm, seems like memory leak, which I reported in article
>
> news://news.povray.org/39F18B61.A9919B5E%40aetec.ee
>
> is missed?

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I try MegaPOV v0.7 for Mac Version.
Both of Custom Compile by MPW and down load application do not work
"reflect_metallic".
"reflect_metallic" needs MegaPOV v0.3 and stop.
Why ??
Does this not support on v0.7 ?

Y.Tanabe
tec### [at] khrimorjp

smellenbergh wrote:

> MegaPOV version 0.7 can be downloaded at:
>
> Windows:
> http://nathan.kopp.com/patched.htm
>
> Macintosh (also look in povray.macintosh for more info):
> http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh
>
> DOS (if not already, real soon!):
> http://www.stuartgibson.com/
>
> The archive with the demo scenes has not changed. We will make a few
> demo scenes available at:
> http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh (click on the "Demos" link in the
> navigation bar on the left)
>
> Go grabb it! :-)
>
> The MegaPOV-Team.
>
> Bug fixes in this version:
> --------------------------
> * Fixed precision bug in scallop_wave and sine_wave;
> * Fixed bug in media method 3 (by J. Berger);
> * Fixed bug in noise that appeared when using huge translations (by J.
>   Berger);
> * Fixed bug in isosurface causing a crash when parsing exp without
>   braces;
> * Fixed bug in isosurface intersections. Spherical containers were not
>   translated correctly;
> * Fixed bug in isosurface difference, where the differencing object
>   enclosed the original completely: it left a ghost  shadow;
> * Input files for idat_3D can be in all library paths. Previously they
>   had to be located in the same folder as the scene file. All paths are
>   searched now just like it is done for any include file;
> * Added missing code for the isosurface object. Interacts with 'open';
> * Fixed the stars post_process filter; it now adds to the background
>   instead of replacing it (12.16);
> * Fixed bug that caused a crash when PostProcess was running out of
>   memory: error given now;
> * Fixed bug with ellipsoid, removed artifacts that appeared in some
>   cases (by J. Grimbert);
> * Fixed a bug, reported by Nicolas Calimet, in the TransformPatch (line
>   1081 in Parse_Object_Mods());
> * Fixed bug with uv_mapping when uv_vectors were not specified;
> * Fixed memory problems when using functions in animations: They are now
>   destroyed after every frame;
> * Fixed some bugs in spline and copy_splines;
> * Fixed some glow bugs("size" should work properly now);
> * In the MegaPov manual, the chapters (5.2.11) , (5.2.12) , (5.2.14) and
>   (8.3.5) are corrected / rewritten.
>
> MacMegaPov only:
> ----------------
> * A bug preventing to run on some machines with a 601 PPC is fixed.
> * Input for idat_3D binary is fixed. The original 3DHEAD demo from
>   Suzuki now renders.
>
> New in this version:
> --------------------
> * Added the sample_spacing patch in media (by J. Berger) (4.2);
> * Added a new type of emitting media to be used on clear backgrounds (by
>   J. Berger) (4.3);
> * Added new post_process filters: "curves" (12.4), "limit_brightness"
>   (12.9) and "raw_color" (12.14);
> * Added a new directive #set to change variables (by C. Huff) (9.22);
> * Added SPLINE_IDENT(T, TYPE) syntax (by C. Huff) (5.9.3);
> * Added ability to apply transforms to warps (by C. Huff) (8.12);
> * Added "spline_wave" waveform for patterns (by C. Huff) (8.11.2).
>
> MacMegaPov only:
> ----------------
> * There is a MacMegaPov v.0.7 carbonised version working on MacOS X and
>   8.1 or later. Older versions of the OS still supported!
>
> --
> e-mail:sme### [at] skynetbe
>
> http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh

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On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 01:17:27 +0900, "Y.Tanabe" <tec### [at] khrimorjp>
wrote:

>I try MegaPOV v0.7 for Mac Version.
>Both of Custom Compile by MPW and down load application do not work
>"reflect_metallic".
>"reflect_metallic" needs MegaPOV v0.3 and stop.
>Why ??
>Does this not support on v0.7 ?

This may sound stupid but... did you set the following?

#version unofficial MegaPOV 0.7;


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] vipbg
TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg

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Thanks Mr. Peter Popov San

I normaly version set in main files once, and other sub includes files
like this;

#ifndef(Materiasl_Inc_Temp)
 #declare Materials_Inc_Temp = version;
+++++
+++++
 #version  Materials_Inc_Temp;
#end

Now I am using MegaPOV5.0+(for Mac).

So I will check more for MegaPOV v0.7.

Y.Tanabe


Peter Popov wrote:

> This may sound stupid but... did you set the following?
>
> #version unofficial MegaPOV 0.7;
>
> Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
> Personal e-mail : pet### [at] vipbg
> TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg

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Nathan Kopp wrote:
> 
> I seem to remember seeing that post, but I basically skipped over it
> because:
> 1) I was not planning to do another release of MegaPov
> 2) I wanted to concentrate on bugfixes that related to POV 3.5
> 3) That spline patch will not be included in POV 3.5, only the other spline
> patch
> 
OK, quite valid reasons. I just thought that it was left unnoticed.

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why do i need to install the jap language pack when i try to read your
message? - fair rnough you may be in japan, but there are no 'non english'
characters in the message...

you would think that win2k would at least check to see if it really needs to
install a language pack before making a pre-emptive decision...


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On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:14:07 -0000, Rick [Kitty5] wrote:
>why do i need to install the jap language pack when i try to read your
>message? - fair rnough you may be in japan, but there are no 'non english'
>characters in the message...

It's the line that says
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp; 
in the original post.

OE doesn't know what sort of characters to expect, and since it's been told
that it'll be a post using that charset, it looks for a font with that 
charset.

BTW, careful about your abbreviations.  There are those who would take your
first question as having racist overtones.

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My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

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