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The windows 3.1g is available from www.povray.org. There is no upgrade file
this time since the help file (which makes up the bulk of the distribution) has
changed.
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POV-Ray Newsadmin wrote:
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> The windows 3.1g is available from www.povray.org. There is no upgrade file
> this time since the help file (which makes up the bulk of the distribution) has
> changed.
Thank you Chris !!!
One question - Why worry about the help file ? No one reads it anyway :)
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> One question - Why worry about the help file ? No one reads it anyway :)
That is so true, at least for this new group of kids that seems to be coming in... I
remember back in my day, man, we used to read the help file every time we wanted to
do something in pov. If you didn't know how to do it, you'd look it up... Then we
discovered 'newsgroups', and the good ol' days were no more...
Well, I'm off to my 'g'... Thanks again POV-Team.
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Graphics rendered
by the Dreamachine.
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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbell net> wrote:
: One question - Why worry about the help file ? No one reads it anyway :)
I read them all the time... :)
It would be nice to know what changes has be made to the help while to
see if it's worth of downloading (I have to carry everything to my home
computer with floppys...).
Another question: Will the new version install over the old one without
problems or will I need to make something else before installing?
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TonyB wrote:
> > One question - Why worry about the help file ? No one reads it anyway :)
>
> That is so true, at least for this new group of kids that seems to be coming in... I
> remember back in my day, man, we used to read the help file every time we wanted to
> do something in pov. If you didn't know how to do it, you'd look it up... Then we
> discovered 'newsgroups', and the good ol' days were no more...
>
I can see the time where some people will buy something called "eggs" from the net and
then will turn to newsgroup asking how to cook them, because, ya know, it looked nice
and so i just downloaded it and i can't figure out what this "shell" thing is and do i
need to remove it before eating the egg and...
Thanks for the "g", Pov-team.
Gilles
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POV-Ray Newsadmin wrote:
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> The windows 3.1g is available from www.povray.org. There is no upgrade file
> this time since the help file (which makes up the bulk of the distribution) has
> changed.
Here are the changes between public POV-Ray 3.1 and 3.1g
3.1g 04/26/99 Chris Young
Fixed 4d vector bug
3.1f 04/22/99 Chris Young
Fixed problem with missing ) in #write that crashed
Fixed bump_map bug introduced in 3.1e
Fixed problem with empty textures
Fixed #macro inside #while problem
Trapped vnormalize(<0,0,0>)
Updated copyright, removed compuserve
3.1e 03/05/99 Chris Young
Fixed bump_map bug introduced in 3.1a
Misc unix/linux fixes and cleanups
3.1d 1/30/99 Chris Young
Fixed crash in #write of vector or float
Added #write and #read now support 2d, 4d, & 5d vectors.
3.1c 1/29/99 Chris Young
Fixed radiosity preview with odd screen size.
Reinitialized max_trace_level & radiosity_trace_level properly
Fixed token at end of file with no cr/lf or newline
3.1b 1/18/99 Chris Young
Blob elements transformed after textures now works
Can now declare 2D vectors
Can now declare 4D vectors
Can now declare 5D vectors as colors
Fixed vector.v bug
Partial fix to bump_map bugs
Fixed bug involving "once" and "interpolate"
Fixed reflection leak bug
Fixed potential GPF in ListReflect
Fixed normal checker, hexagon bug
Fixed skysphere with no color_map crash
Fixed transform identifier parsing problem
Fixed #local with same name as #declare of different type bug
Fixed average normal bug and other normal flipping problems
Removed double_illuminate for normal{} but retained it for
smooth_triangle, smoothed height_fields, and bicubic_patch. Will
redesign in 3.5 and consider added optional keyword double_illuminate.
Fixed normal{average} with no map crash
Fixed various conic_sweep prism bugs
Change in resumed render line numbering
Fixed focal blur gamma correction bug
Fixed recursive include overflow bug
Fixed recursive macro overflow bug
Fixed #write double closing which crashed Linux
Delete degenerate smooth_triangles when normals bend too much.
Many MS-Dos changes so C++ compiler can be used.
Changed EPSILON small value in MS-Dos version
3.1a 9/29/98 Chris Young
Fixed problem with sor and lathe affecting unix and amiga
Fixed fclose in FILE_EXISTS
Fixed crackle and black_hole use of POV_SRAND.
Note POV_SRAND and POV_RAND no longer reconfigurable
in frame.h or config.h. If you redefined them on your
platform -- don't.
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On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 11:14:43 -0700, Ken wrote:
>Here are the changes between public POV-Ray 3.1 and 3.1g
You missed these windows-specific changes, from changes.txt:
Changes as of version 3.1g
--------------------------
o Fixed resource leakage when using the render window select function.
o A few other minor changes/bugfixes.
One of those "minor changes/bugfixes" is the PPS counter with +am2.
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woohoo!
Rick
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On 7 Jul 1999 11:59:04 -0400, Nieminen Mika <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote:
> Another question: Will the new version install over the old one without
>problems or will I need to make something else before installing?
Hi, Warp. Dummy me *accidentally* deleted the Install.log file that
POV-Ray for Windows uses to perform an uninstall. Consequently, I had to
install over my v3.1e and it simply moved any files it replaced to the
user-specified Backup directory.
Chris usually advises people to perform an uninstall as this method may
clean up the Registry better than simply installing on top of an older
version (I haven't verified this). To be safe, just be sure to save anything
you want to keep to another location, such as scene and .ini files, and
customized Insert Menu items.
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Alan Kong wrote:
To be safe, just be sure to save anything
> you want to keep to another location, such as scene and .ini files, and
> customized Insert Menu items.
To be "safe" I go into the directory I am installing into and change
each of the major directory names to something different than what
the install program uses. This way I don't have to move a bunch of files
around and if any problems occur and I need to restore customized files
they are all sitting there untouched. Oh clever me who was once not so
clever and regretted it greatly !
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Yea! The PPS gauge fix will help me to think more about getting a faster
computer since I often use method two for final renders. Will be looking
forward to seeing how the Selective Region thing goes now too.
Thankyou to all the POV-Team, from a humble end user.
Bob
Ron Parker wrote:
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> o Fixed resource leakage when using the render window select function.
> o A few other minor changes/bugfixes.
>
> One of those "minor changes/bugfixes" is the PPS counter with +am2.
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3.1h 04/22/99 Chris Young
Fixed bump_map bug introduced in 3.1f
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Alan Kong <ako### [at] pacbellno-spamnet> wrote:
: Chris usually advises people to perform an uninstall as this method may
: clean up the Registry better than simply installing on top of an older
: version (I haven't verified this). To be safe, just be sure to save anything
: you want to keep to another location, such as scene and .ini files, and
: customized Insert Menu items.
I think this will also remove my codemax editor settings, which is not
funny.
Isn't there another way?
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Mark Wagner <mar### [at] gtenet> wrote:
: 3.1h 04/22/99 Chris Young
: Fixed bump_map bug introduced in 3.1f
Btw, hoe about explaining what kind of bugs are those? I have never heard
of a bump_map bug or a 4D-vector bug... It would be nice to know.
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On 8 Jul 1999 01:37:44 -0400, Nieminen Mika <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote:
> I think this will also remove my codemax editor settings, which is not
>funny.
> Isn't there another way?
I've never messed with the Codemax settings, always used the default. I
don't see an .ini for the settings so perhaps it is stored in the Registry
and an uninstall is sure to wipe it. Don't know the answer to this one...
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On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:32:26 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
>To be "safe" I go into the directory I am installing into and change
>each of the major directory names to something different than what
>the install program uses.
Smart thinking. Another thing I do is to 'zip' my Insert Menu texts into
an archive with pathnames and just overwrite on top of the newly installed
POV-Ray package. Your method avoids this extra step.
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\POV-Ray\v3.1\POV-Edit
Think that may be the registry key to Export and then later Import, but
I have no idea if you'd be messing it all up. I'm no Registry wizard
(not even apprentice). Be aware there are other sub-keys listed within
that one too. Frankly I wouldn't touch it myself.
Looking at the DLLs it seems all goes into the registry alright. But
that's another guess of mine.
Alan Kong wrote:
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> On 8 Jul 1999 01:37:44 -0400, Nieminen Mika <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote:
>
> > I think this will also remove my codemax editor settings, which is not
> >funny.
> > Isn't there another way?
>
> I've never messed with the Codemax settings, always used the default. I
> don't see an .ini for the settings so perhaps it is stored in the Registry
> and an uninstall is sure to wipe it. Don't know the answer to this one...
>
> --
> Alan
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer
> news.povray.org - where POV-Ray enthusiasts around the world can get
> together to exchange ideas, information, and experiences with others
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On 8 Jul 1999 01:37:44 -0400, Nieminen Mika <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote:
> I think this will also remove my codemax editor settings, which is not
>funny.
> Isn't there another way?
Run regedit and export the key:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\POV-Ray\v3.1\POV-Edit.
And merge it after you've instaleld the new version. This will save
your color settings, keyboard macros, files history and open files.
Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700
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Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote:
: Run regedit and export the key:
: My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\POV-Ray\v3.1\POV-Edit.
: And merge it after you've instaleld the new version. This will save
: your color settings, keyboard macros, files history and open files.
It should be nice that instead of having to mess with the registry I
could just install the new version of povray and that's it. If there is
a previous version, it could take the settings from there (instead of
overwriting them).
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Nieminen Mika <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote in message
news:3785a2b8@news.povray.org...
> Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote:
> : Run regedit and export the key:
>
> : My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\POV-Ray\v3.1\POV-Edit.
>
> : And merge it after you've instaleld the new version. This will save
> : your color settings, keyboard macros, files history and open files.
>
> It should be nice that instead of having to mess with the registry I
> could just install the new version of povray and that's it. If there is
> a previous version, it could take the settings from there (instead of
> overwriting them).
>
Actually, it seems it doesn't just overwrite the registry settings - it
completely recreates them !
As an experiment (to see if a re-install did, in fact, overwrite the reg
settings - I thought it didn't, but I wasn't sure) I renamed all the items
and sub-folders of the POV-Edit branch and then did a reinstall and my
renamed reg entries completely disappeared !!!
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This is not very nice. Upgrading seems to be a painful process if you
want the keep your settings.
It seems that I will not upgrade to 3.1g...
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Nieminen Mika wrote:
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> This is not very nice. Upgrading seems to be a painful process if you
> want the keep your settings.
> It seems that I will not upgrade to 3.1g...
>
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> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/
You could backup your registry before installing and then restore it after
the installation. You can use the scanreg tool that comes with windows to
handle this task for you.
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http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/links.htm
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