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From: John
Subject: boost max_trace_level?
Date: 31 Jan 2015 17:05:01
Message: <web.54cd4f60752b9a80443c81420@news.povray.org>
I am using Yvo's 3.7.0 RC6 unofficial (Universal 64 bit, Dec 14 2012) in OS X to
research turbulence models in the atmosphere, using clipka's focal_blur camera
that allows you to specify the number of test rays.

However, I've bumped into the max_trace_level limit of 256.

Any chance of making a special edition for OS X/Yosemite that boosts this limit?

Although I haven't published my research results yet, I do have a whimsical
POV-Ray picture of what I'm up to at

https://cns.utexas.edu/news/visualizing-science-2013

Sincerely,
John Kuehne
McDonald Observatory, Texas


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: boost max_trace_level?
Date: 31 Jan 2015 19:28:10
Message: <54cd731a$1@news.povray.org>
Am 31.01.2015 um 23:01 schrieb John:
> I am using Yvo's 3.7.0 RC6 unofficial (Universal 64 bit, Dec 14 2012) in OS X to
> research turbulence models in the atmosphere, using clipka's focal_blur camera
> that allows you to specify the number of test rays.
>
> However, I've bumped into the max_trace_level limit of 256.
>
> Any chance of making a special edition for OS X/Yosemite that boosts this limit?

That would certainly be a job for Yvo himself.

Building such a version should be a piece of cake (for someone familiar 
with building for OS X); from what I see, it should suffice to build 
with the preprocessor macro MAX_TRACE_LEVEL_LIMIT predefined to 
something larger than 256.

There might however be other limitations lurking in the shadows; they 
probably won't kick in right at max_trace_level 257, but don't expect 
max_trace_level 1000000000 to work flawlessly ;-)


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From: Yvo Smellenbergh
Subject: Re: boost max_trace_level?
Date: 1 Feb 2015 05:10:24
Message: <54cdfb8f@news.povray.org>
On 2015-01-31 17:01:54 +0000, John said:

> I am using Yvo's 3.7.0 RC6 unofficial (Universal 64 bit, Dec 14 2012) 
> in OS X to
That is a very old version, please download the most recent version at:
http://megapov.inetart.net/povrayunofficial_mac/

> research turbulence models in the atmosphere, using clipka's focal_blur camera
> that allows you to specify the number of test rays.
> 
> However, I've bumped into the max_trace_level limit of 256.
> 
> Any chance of making a special edition for OS X/Yosemite that boosts 
> this limit?
To what value? Here is a version with a limit of 1024:
http://megapov.inetart.net/beta/POVRay3_7_Unofficial_trace_1024.zip

Yvo


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From: John
Subject: Re: boost max_trace_level?
Date: 1 Feb 2015 11:00:00
Message: <web.54ce4d3fd47790d8f3105bab0@news.povray.org>
Thanks! I will try it out this afternoon.  The reason I used the old version is
a combination of laziness and fear of upgrades.

1024 will help a lot.

-John


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From: John
Subject: Re: boost max_trace_level?
Date: 1 Feb 2015 14:10:00
Message: <web.54ce79c2d47790d8443c81420@news.povray.org>
Works great, thanks. If I need more, I hope you'll be willing to make another
version. It's possible to run really huge refractive simulations on Lonestar,
which has POV-Ray:

https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/systems/lonestar


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: boost max_trace_level?
Date: 2 Feb 2015 03:33:03
Message: <54cf363f$1@news.povray.org>
On 01/02/15 19:08, John wrote:
> Works great, thanks. If I need more, I hope you'll be willing to make another
> version. It's possible to run really huge refractive simulations on Lonestar,
> which has POV-Ray:
> 
> https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/systems/lonestar
> 
> 

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

John
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children


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