Rune wrote:
> 
> I've tried to make some user-friendly and instructive headers for crater.pov
> and crater_dat.pov, but I'm no expert in file formats so I'd appreciate if
> people who knows more about it than me would check if it's all correct and
> if maybe it could be worded better.

It seems good.

> Header comments in crater.pov:
> // Persistence Of Vision raytracer version 3.5 sample file.
> // CRATER.POV
> // Render CRATER_DAT.POV to create the height_field image that
> // is needed in CRATER.POV (this file). Then render this file.
> //
> // ( When CRATER.POV is rendered, the output image type must be
> // the same as when CRATER_DAT.POV was rendered. That is how it
> // works when no image type is specified in the height_field.
> // Alternatively you can specify the image type of the
> // height_field object in line 23 in CRATER.POV. See the
> // documentation for details. )
> 
> Header comments in crater_dat.pov:
> // Persistence Of Vision raytracer version 3.5 sample file.
> // CRATER_DAT.POV
> // Render CRATER_DAT.POV (this file) to create the height_field
> // image that is needed in CRATER.POV. Then render CRATER.POV.
> //
> // ( You can use any output image type, but the quality will be
> // best with the special 16-bit gray output that is supported
> // by the PNG, TGA and PPM image types. See the documentation
> // for details. )

Perhaps indicate here the command line switches and ini settings
that allow such formats?

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