Hi Everyone,

Well, lots of ideas and opinions have been put forward here, and I
would like to gather them all together before changing the rules for
POVRayCity.  The main issues, as I see it are :-

1: Scale.  Is 1 unit =25m to tight?  If so what about 1 unit = 10 m,
or  1 unit = 1 m.?

2: Detail level.  I understand and share the concerns about the amount
of detail, and how this could affect rendering as the city grows.
Especially, as has been mentioned, when people start to grow trees
etc.  Personally I favour the idea of "distance from camera" related
detail levels,( as described by Fran Firman) but it would have to be
done in such a manner that relatively inexperienced contributors could
understand.  I also think that the "distance would have to be
definable in one place so that people can easily tweak it to suit.

3: The Plane (grass in the basement)  I'll cut a hole in it, and give
a box as a standard floor which people can cut through and build
around as they wish.

4: Are the plots the right size ?  At current scale they are about 225
m square.

5: It has been pointed out that excluding image maps will be a real
pain for certain things.  How best can these be controlled so as to
avoid duplicate file names?

6: There are several include files which people heve written and
released for public use.  I am happy for these to be included in the
baseline to save people duplicating them, and to make it easier for
everyone in general.
I am happy to add anything that a contributor asks for, as long as the
author has no objections, assuming that it is not too vast.

Good ideas are always welcome, and may be stolen if not nailed down
:-))

Bye for now,

Michael

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