POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unofficial.patches : Speaking of the Photon Patch : Re: Speaking of the Photon Patch Server Time
2 Sep 2024 20:13:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Speaking of the Photon Patch  
From: Gail Shaw
Date: 13 Jul 1999 10:20:14
Message: <378b4b1e@news.povray.org>
Matt Giwer wrote in message <37887692.DDF93827@giwersworld.org>...
>Nieminen Mika wrote:
>
>> Every patched povray is called a povray patch. Ever heard of the
>> superpatch?
>>
>
> sPatch generates bicubic  surfaces based upon the internal
>generation of surfaces. That is not a patch in the sense of
>software.
>


sPatch is a program, SuperPatch is a version of pov with uvmaping,
spheresweeps, blurred reflection, angle dependedt reflection, isosurfaces
and many more features I'm sure I've forgotton.

Most modern games have patches and are calles that.

Gail
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