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  Re: Ambient and diffuse for include files?  
From: jr
Date: 5 Jan 2026 01:50:00
Message: <web.695b5e33485c224d52af7e976cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> ...
> I am not familiar with 'include_header', and cannot find any mention of
> it in the documentation or include files.  What does this do?

to use, add the this to your (global) 'povray.ini' file:

  include_header = /path/to/defaults.inc

guessing the path may be optional if the files are stored in same directory.

this causes the named file to be included, as first thing, before the
scene/frame parsing gets underway.

<wiki.povray.org/content/Reference:Scene_Parsing_Options#Include_File_Name>

in my installed 3.8 documentation it's under "3.2.5.2 Scene Parsing Options".

(fwiw, you may need to refresh your browser's cache before revisiting the wiki's
'Reference:Keywords' page)


regards, jr.


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