1.2.1. MegaPOV 1.1 - 8 September 2004
MegaPOV 1.1 is an update to POV-Ray™ 3.6. Development of POV-Ray™ 3.6 took longer than expected so
MegaPOV 1.1 was delayed as well. We regret this but on the other hand MegaPOV 1.1 now also comes
with some useful new features:
- Fur (see Section 2.5.3, “Fur”)
- Type checking (see Section 2.2.3.6, “Type checking”)
- Measurement of dimensions in vectors (see Section 2.2.3.5, “Dimensions of vectors”)
- New spline types:
- Sizes of images measurement (see Section 2.2.3.4, “Sizes of images”)
- Reduced memory requirements for each object, depending on the type of pattern being
used (see Section 5.4.1, “Reducing memory usage”)
- HDR (High Dynamic Range) image type from MLPov (see Section 2.6.6, “HDR (High Dynamic Range) image type”)
- HDR (High Dynamic Range) image write support (see Section 2.1.2, “HDR (High Dynamic Range) image output”)
- Connection-connection collisions for mechsim patch (see Section 2.7.3.1.3, “The collision settings”)
- Normal modifier for transforms (see Section 2.2.7.1, “The normal modifier for transforms”)
- String function with numbered output filename (see Section 2.2.3.3, “Filename with frame number”)
- New user_defined camera projection type (see Section 2.3.1, “user_defined camera type”)
- New camera_view pigment type (see Section 2.6.7, “New camera_view pigment”)
- Angle of incidence pattern from MLPov (see Section 2.6.1, “Angle of incidence”)
- Projection pattern from MLPov (see Section 2.6.3, “Projection pattern”)
- Custom radiosity sampling directions (see Section 2.7.2.2, “Custom radiosity sampling directions”)
- Randomized radiosity sampling directions (see Section 2.7.2.3, “Randomized radiosity sampling directions”)
- Reintroduced motion_blur from MegaPOV 0.7 with new type feature
(see Section 2.5.2, “Motion blur”)
- New post processing feature (see Section 2.7.4, “Post processing”)
- Fixed bug of MegaPOV 1.0 concerning spline identifiers
Some of the patches from MegaPOV 1.0 are now included in the POV-Ray™ 3.6 update, and some have become obsolete because of changes
in POV-Ray™ 3.6. The parts concerning these changes have been removed from this manual, because they are no longer considered as
"patches". Here is an overview:
- Option End_Row with value 1
- UV mapping in torus object;
- UV mapping in parametric object;
- Fix for using splines in function;
- Fix for smooth height_field.