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From: Adrien Rebollo
Subject: Bug in normal accuracy
Date: 12 Dec 2002 13:16:26
Message: <pan.2002.12.12.18.15.57.625208@gmx.fr>
Hello,

As already reported in a message on povray.beta-test on 31/05/2002
by Slime, the "accuracy" keyword is ignored and has no visible
effect, at least when the normal is not declared directly in the
object definition.

In the file normal.cpp, in the function Copy_Tnormal, the Delta field
of the TNORMAL is not copied. By adding the line

New->Delta = Old->Delta;

under the same one copying the Amount, the accuracy keyword is now
taken into account.

Adrien Rebollo


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From: ABX
Subject: Re: Bug in normal accuracy
Date: 12 Dec 2002 13:25:56
Message: <r0lhvucl3ougabcvaktah6tn2lups99da4@4ax.com>
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:15:58 +0100, "Adrien Rebollo" <adr### [at] gmxfr>
wrote:
> In the file normal.cpp, in the function Copy_Tnormal, the Delta field
> of the TNORMAL is not copied.

Yes, this was already reported in povray.programming group and is also
published in some patched versions.

http://abx.art.pl/pov/patches/patches.php?Author=John+Haggerty+%28Slime%29

(this list was not updated recently but will be after next realease of patched
POV, I promise)

ABX


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From: Adrien Rebollo
Subject: Re: Bug in normal accuracy
Date: 12 Dec 2002 17:28:46
Message: <pan.2002.12.12.22.28.15.628804@gmx.fr>
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:25:19 +0100, ABX wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:15:58 +0100, "Adrien Rebollo" <adr### [at] gmxfr>
> wrote:
>> In the file normal.cpp, in the function Copy_Tnormal, the Delta field
>> of the TNORMAL is not copied.
> 
> Yes, this was already reported in povray.programming group and is also
> published in some patched versions.
> 
> http://abx.art.pl/pov/patches/patches.php?Author=John+Haggerty+%28Slime%29
> 

Great, and a great link too.
However I was unable to follow the link to the particular message you
are talking about, neither did I find it in the news archives.

Thank you.

Adrien Rebollo


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From: Slime
Subject: Re: Bug in normal accuracy
Date: 12 Dec 2002 22:25:07
Message: <3df95313@news.povray.org>
> However I was unable to follow the link to the particular message you
> are talking about, neither did I find it in the news archives.

Being the one who discovered the bug, a few months ago I downloaded the
source and tracked down the problem. I believe I posted it in
povray.programming with a subject along the lines of "i am so excited". It's
one of the bug fixes in Slime-POV.

 - Slime
[ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]


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From: ABX
Subject: Re: Bug in normal accuracy
Date: 13 Dec 2002 02:18:40
Message: <392jvukaq0j093kf75794c5arhqv53jgh9@4ax.com>
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:28:19 +0100, "Adrien Rebollo" <adr### [at] gmxfr>
wrote:
> > http://abx.art.pl/pov/patches/patches.php?Author=John+Haggerty+%28Slime%29
>
> Great, and a great link too.
> However I was unable to follow the link to the particular message you
> are talking about, neither did I find it in the news archives.

Was this becouse it was your first visit at http://news.povray.org/ from that
particular computer ? When first visit occur then engine redirects you to the
setup. When you finish setup it should return to the initial link iirc. I have
no ptoblem with the link to http://news.povray.org/

ABX


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From: Adrien Rebollo
Subject: Re: Bug in normal accuracy
Date: 13 Dec 2002 12:12:43
Message: <pan.2002.12.13.17.12.16.538681@gmx.fr>
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:18:03 +0100, ABX wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:28:19 +0100, "Adrien Rebollo" <adr### [at] gmxfr>
> wrote:
>> > http://abx.art.pl/pov/patches/patches.php?Author=John+Haggerty+%28Slime%29
>>
>> Great, and a great link too.
>> However I was unable to follow the link to the particular message you
>> are talking about, neither did I find it in the news archives.
> 
> Was this becouse it was your first visit at http://news.povray.org/ from that
> particular computer ? When first visit occur then engine redirects you to the
> setup. When you finish setup it should return to the initial link iirc. I have
> no ptoblem with the link to http://news.povray.org/
> 

Exactly, it was my first visit from a web browser, usually I read it
with a newsreader. I had to clear the browser's cache too.

Now I can read the message.

Adrien Rebollo


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