There are some features that could easily be added, and would be able to
speed up rendering significantly.

These are "Multi-Pass" and "Triple Buffer" Rendering.
Let me explain in detail.

We have already some kind of "Multi-Pass" rendering.
People use the "Frames" or "Clock" Parameters of the command line for that.

But thats in fact a missuse and it needs the Command line.

I'd suggest something thats "code based", uses something like

#FOR PASS 3 TO 9

#if Pass(x)
  (#PATHNUM)-> evaluates to the Number of the Path
#ENDIF

#ENDPASS

This would lead the rendering engine to repeat reading in the script file
6 times with a changed "Path-Number".

"Clock" could be used otherwise and what it was really designed for.
So far about my "Multi-Pass" Suggestion.
The implementation is definitely easy as i see it.

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NOW TO "Triple Buffering"
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For this, we need to add the ability to render into different "Buffers"
and we need Commands to combine or SAVE these Buffers.

For example using a simple Directive like:

#BUFFER 1
this will stay the rendertarget until there is a new
#BUFFER 2

and there must be a
#BUFFER MAIN
which is the MAIN Buffer (the one actually used)

The only other steps are "How to combine the buffers.
For this we need some sort of "Bit-Blit" Command, maybe this can even be done
quickly by the grpahics hardware. If not its a simple ASM Loop with a logical
Operator.
I suggest something like:

#COMBINE 1 TO 2 USE "AND"

// This is the default mode
#COMBINE 1 TO MAIN USE "OR"

and of course
#COMBINE 1/PRIO TO MAIN USE "OR"

this "/PRIO" is important, it means that any pixel that was NOT black on 1 will
replace any pixel on MAIN. Something like this can be used to combine pictures.

Here at this place you can use more Phantasie - if you like.
While a simple "OR" is at least needed to combine two Buffers,
there may be more "Combination Modes".
Like "ADD IF LIGHTER","ADD IF DARKER","ADD SATURATION","ADD HUE" etc.
this could be expanded with time.

This way you could even render one Part with some polygons and some lightings
into Buffer 1
Render another Part into Buffer 2
and then combine them to one picture.

Later it could be enhanced like this
#COMBINE 1/PRIO/SCALE TO MAIN USE "OR"

Which in fact is not "wizzards art" but done with a few commands in any
programming language.

This suggestion should be easy to implement with a high potential of usage.

Oncxe its done, we can then start using the POV-Ray already built in possibility
to render several images at once.

Could look like this:

#THREAD 1 RENDER
#BUFFER 1
....
#END THREAD
#BUFFER 2

#THREAD 2 RENDER
....
#WAIT THREAD 1,2
#COMBINE 1,2 TO MAIN USE "OR"



#END THREAD

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