kurtz le pirate <kur### [at] freefr> wrote:
> On 20/04/2026 14:25, Kenneth wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone in the POV-ray community ever built a version that will run? I seem
> > to vaguely remember *someone* doing that in the past...or maybe it was
> > just for Linux/Unix?
> >
> Some interesting links:
>
> <http://jeberger.free.fr/povray/cloth/cloth.html>
> <https://www.imagico.de/pov/tools_en.php>
>

YES, I think it was one of those that I saw years ago. Thanks!

If I understand what I see there,  it looks like there *is* a way to run some
bullet physics in Windows-- by way of installing Cygwin(?) and a particular
Cygwin DLL, along with the pre-compiled version of 'cloth.exe' that's also
available:

https://www.imagico.de/cloth/index.php

That's my guess, anyway! But I'm a virgin regarding Unix, ha, so it's not
totally clear to me as to how to go about the process of installing these and
getting them to work together (and with Windows). I need to give it some deep
thought. Maybe it's not as complicated as I imagine.

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By the way, it was your earlier fascinating thread about epicycles, and the
links you provided,  that re-started my interest in imaginary/complex numbers.
(Rotating/cascading epicycles that can draw a complicated outline of a T. Rex--
that was a profound discovery for me!)

https://news.povray.org/povray.animations/thread/%3C6901f3da%241%40news.povray.org%3E/

I meant to comment at the time, but got side-tracked with brain-twisting
research-- to try and understand what it was all about.

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