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29 Jul 2024 10:23:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: v3.7 example scenes  
From: Chris Cason
Date: 21 Sep 2008 05:05:01
Message: <48d60e3d@news.povray.org>
Jim Holsenback wrote:
> while having a look at the include files i think i may have come up with one 
> more housekeeping issue that may be worthy of consideration.
> 
> the issue of the I_Glass warning .....
> 
> there are 14 scenes that call glass.inc (which calls glass_old.inc). my 
> cleanup proposal involves making the textures in glass_old materials which 
> would have the required inclusion of interior {I_Glass} and removing the 
> I_Glass warning message in glass.inc .... oh and making a comment in 
> glass_old header to call materials instead of textures.

Jim,

About the change of glass textures to materials: we need some provision for
backward compatibility, otherwise lots of old scenes will be busted
(includes some in the distro; e.g. woodbox.pov).

Suggestions?

-- Chris


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