Sven,

For illuminated lights in the shadowed portion you could use MegaPOV's
'projection pattern'.  You can find samples here:

http://megapov.inetart.net/samples.html

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"Mark Birch" <las### [at] hotmailcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:web.447b904ca626bc344daddc090@news.povray.org...
> For illuminated lights in the shadowed portion you could use MegaPOV's
> 'projection pattern'.




Hi Mark,

I just wonder if the current version of MegaPov has all the same features as 
the Beta 13. I hope, the POVgrammers will include all MegaPov features into 
the future regular POV-Rays, as I consider the MegaPov features as quite 
interesting, helpful and usable. I truly hope the glorious programmers will 
take them.

For now, I prefer to use the Beta 13 in order to beta-test it and to get a 
deep feeling of the scene writing. Starting to use now MegaPov, would be 
some circumstance. Despite of that I (like nearly everyone here) like the MP 
features.

Best greetings and thanks for your hint,

Sven

PS:

Mark you - I still do consider your hint. Let me publish here (again) the 
entire scene code so you can see it. Could you please (if you like) alter 
that code so it could function as 'projection pattern' within MegaPov? That 
way, I could learn some different MegaPov programming and could more make my 
mind. Thanks.

---------------------------- 
NOTE: I am using the great universe sky sphere wonderfully done by Nekar 
Xenos
----------------------------

#include "colors.inc"
#include "textures.inc"
#include "shapes.inc"
#include "metals.inc"
#include "glass.inc"
#include "woods.inc"

#declare Earth = texture { pigment { image_map { jpeg "E:\Scripts\Eigene 
Bilder\Povray Textures\Sphere_Earth_01.jpg" map_type 1 } rotate < 0.0, 0.0, 
0.0 > } finish { ambient 0.0 } }
#declare EarthLights = texture { pigment { image_map { png 
"E:\Scripts\Eigene Bilder\Povray Textures\Sphere_Earth_Lights_01.png" 
map_type 1 } rotate < 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 > } finish { ambient 0.25 } }
#declare EarthClouds = texture { pigment { image_map { png 
"E:\Scripts\Eigene Bilder\Povray Textures\Sphere_Earth_Clouds_03.png" 
map_type 1 } rotate < 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 > } finish { ambient 0.0 } }

global_settings
{
 assumed_gamma 2.0
 radiosity {  }  //
}

camera
{
 location < 000.0, 0.0, -300.0 >
 look_at < 000.0, 0.0, 0.0 >
}
/**/
light_source
{
 < 1000.0, 0.0, 250.0 >
 color White *3
}

#macro StarSubPigment(StarSize, StarFrequency)
 crackle
 form < 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 >
 #local Cutoff=StarSize*StarFrequency;
 color_map
 {
  [ Cutoff rgb 1.0 ]
  [ Cutoff rgb 0.0 ]
 }
 scale 1/StarFrequency
#end

// minsize, maxsize = size range of stars (some stars will always be smaller 
due to nature of crackle pattern)
// starfrequency = how many stars
// variationfrequency = how quickly their size changes
#macro StarPigment(MinSize, MaxSize, StarFrequency, VariationFrequency)
 #local NumSizeSteps=8;
 pigment
 {
  pigment_pattern
  {
   bozo
   color_map
   {
    [ 0.0 rgb 0.75 ]
    [ 1.0 rgb 1.00 ]
   }
   scale 1/VariationFrequency
  }
  pigment_map
  {
   #local StepNum=0;
   #while (StepNum<NumSizeSteps)
    #local SizeAmnt=(StepNum+.5)/NumSizeSteps;
    #local PreSize=MinSize+(StepNum/NumSizeSteps)*(MaxSize-MinSize);
    #local PostSize=MinSize+((StepNum+1)/NumSizeSteps)*(MaxSize-MinSize);
    [ SizeAmnt StarSubPigment(PreSize,StarFrequency) ]
    [ SizeAmnt StarSubPigment(PostSize,StarFrequency) ]
    #local StepNum=StepNum+1;
   #end
  }
 }
#end

sky_sphere
{
 StarPigment
 (
  0.000002,  // min star size
  0.000008,  // max star size
  10000,     // star density (higher = more)
  5          // variation frequency (higher = star size changes more over 
nearby parts of the sky)
 )
}

#declare Earth_Surface=sphere
{
 0.0, 1.0
 texture { Earth }
 texture { EarthLights }
 normal
 {
//  density_file df3 "Sphere_Earth_Bumps_01.df3"
//  interpolate 1
  bump_map
  {
   jpeg "Sphere_Earth_Bumps_01.jpg"
   map_type 1
  }
 }
}

#declare Earth_Clouds=sphere
{
 0.0, 1.0005
 texture { EarthClouds }
 normal
 {
//  density_file df3 "Sphere_Earth_Bumps_01.df3"
//  interpolate 1
  bump_map
  {
   jpeg "Sphere_Earth_Clouds_Bumps_03.jpg"
   map_type 1
  }
 }
}

#declare Earth_Atmosphere=sphere
{
 < 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 > 1.0
 pigment
 {
  color rgbt < 0.3, 0.3, 1.0, 1.0 >
 }
 hollow
 interior
 {
  media
  {
   intervals 10
   scattering
   {
    2,
    rgb < 0.3, 0.3, 1.0 >
    extinction 1.0
   }   // 0.75
   density
   {
    spherical
    color_map
    {
     [ 0.000 rgb < 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 > ]
     [ 1.000 rgb < 0.1, 0.1, 0.5 > ]
    }
   }
   samples 1, 10
   confidence 0.9999
   variance 1/1000
   ratio 0.9
  }
 }
 finish { ambient 0.0 diffuse 0.9/**/ }
 scale 1.0075
}

#declare Earth=union
{
 object { Earth_Surface }      //
 object { Earth_Clouds }       //
 object { Earth_Atmosphere }   //
 scale 100.0
}

object { Earth }

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Sven Littkowski wrote:
> I just wonder if the current version of MegaPov has all the same features as 
> the Beta 13. I hope, the POVgrammers will include all MegaPov features into 
> the future regular POV-Rays, as I consider the MegaPov features as quite 
> interesting, helpful and usable. I truly hope the glorious programmers will 
> take them.
> 
> For now, I prefer to use the Beta 13 in order to beta-test it and to get a 
> deep feeling of the scene writing. Starting to use now MegaPov, would be 
> some circumstance. Despite of that I (like nearly everyone here) like the MP 
> features.

The only difference between 3.7 and 3.6 (other than the gamma issues 
mentioned) should be speed, and that's mostly true for MP systems.  3.6 
and MegaPOV both have all the same features and SDL syntax that 3.7 
supports.

...Chambers

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Thanks, Chambers. I am thinking about it.

Sven

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