The scene file "cliche.pov" in the scenes/advanced-folded crashes my Mac.

Looking closer at the scene file, reveals that it is the same problem with
the imagemap here, as in the heightfield in "crater.pov":

There's no BITMAP_TYPE defined, and no hints in the scenefile's comments
that a certain output format is required to be able to render this scene.

Now, aside from that the computer crashes, this is an easy thing to catch
- it's just to add the bitmap_type in the imagemap. But for a new user who
adds a clock to the camera position and tries to make a QT-movie out of
this file will have a tough time catching this problem.
So, isn't it better to add the bitmap identifiers in all the demo scenes,
and let people discover this non-intuitive shortcut by themselves in the
docs?
Or, at least, add a comment about it in the demo scenes where this
shortcut is used?

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"Tom Stone" wrote:
> So, isn't it better to add the bitmap identifiers in all
> the demo scenes, and let people discover this non-intuitive
> shortcut by themselves in the docs?

I think so too, but it's not up to me.

> Or, at least, add a comment about it in the demo scenes
> where this shortcut is used?

I'll do so.

For the other points you raised, please refer to your earlier thread "[Mac]
Crater.pov".

Rune
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On Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:37:04 +0100, Rune wrote:
> "Tom Stone" wrote:
>> So, isn't it better to add the bitmap identifiers in all
>> the demo scenes, and let people discover this non-intuitive
>> shortcut by themselves in the docs?
> 
> I think so too, but it's not up to me.

Knock it off.


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"Ron Parker" wrote:
> Rune wrote:
> > I think so too, but it's not up to me.
>
> Knock it off.

I'm sorry if I worded the facts in an unfortunate way.

Many users know that I'm currently the scene files coordinator so when I
refuse to make a change I prefer to give them the reason.

Rune

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