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28 Nov 2024 05:41:27 EST (-0500)
  Re: PovRay 3.1+ vs MegaPov  
From: Steve
Date: 2 Oct 2001 14:01:08
Message: <slrn9rk05t.dsk.steve@zero-pps.localdomain>
On 2 Oct 2001 13:42:02 -0400, dav### [at] intrepidvoygrcom wrote:
>Got a quick question for you all.. 
>I've had Pov 3.1 for a few months now.  Learning it all by experince.. 
>
>Done some water (not EXTREMLY pleased) and I've done some other stuff
>using basic shapes.. like the torus and such.
>
>My question is, should I invest the time to go to MegaPov and have Pov as a backup
plan?

If there's something in MegaPOV that you need like IsoSurfaces then do it, 
but otherwise stick with 3.1.  

The two can work side by side without any problems so you'll still have 3.1 even
if you install MegaPOV.  3.1 is slightly faster aswell (according to my own tests
here on this Linux box). 

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