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I'm afraid 16-color mode is not an alternative at the moment. Don't you even have a VESA driver for that card? You should bombard Compaq with VESA requests. – Lutz Read action !
Lutz, I've downloaded MORAY and the docs look very good. Unfortunately, that's all I can say 'cause I can't run it. That's no fault of yours, I should add: The problem is, that my machine is a Compaq Portable 486c/66, and Compaqs come with a custom SVGA board which (most…
Dan, Great, I'll check out MORAY when it appears. – Per Read action !
Lutz, I'll certainly check it out when it appears in the lib. I've been thinking about buying a math-co for my home machine for some time now, anyway. – Per Read action !
Per, I don't think that anyone will be disappointed with MORAY. There's still some things that it doesn't do (yet?) like displaying CSG in its CSG form), but Lutz has done a terrific job. I believe that the PV3D "big 3" are outdated and should be removed. There is a…
Hi Per, > What can you say about MORAY, impressions, availability, pricing ? I can answer the availability and pricing questions. It'll be available either later today or tomorrow in LIB 8 and it's shareware at $59. You *need* a math coprocessor, though. – Lutz There are 2 Replies. Read…
Dan, What can you say about MORAY, impressions, availability, pricing ? Aah, Logitech mouse. That could be it. I've got one of those as well at home, and I use a Compaq (MicroSoft compatible) here. I'll try a switch. My 386 doesn't have a coprocessor, but if that was the…
"dig af Dan F." That's what I say. Read action !
Actually, no excuses needed for yesterday's trip. It was great! Lost count of the total number, caught some pretty nice ones, too. Went back today and got totally skunked! End of fishing report. Back to graphics.. Read action !
>>CIS doesn't have an english-only rule as far as I know. Just don't let the SYSOPS suspect that you are getting rude, crude, or lewd. It might make them a little jumpy . Read action !
No word from Drew in weeks, Spring is here, so I know he isn't hibernating… Read action !
Per, You're quite right, Vivid uses automatic bounding slabs and so does Polyray. From what I've heard here it seems like POV 2.0 will use them as well. Vivid doesn't do CSG at all. I haven't used PV3D much so I don't really have an opion. I've gotten a bit…
"one yesterday, one today. Wanna hear my excuses?" Not really, I know the feeling even though I've never fished trout. In the wintertime I'm usally out fishing a couple of times for codd and heering. Last time we only got 3 codds even though we were 28 people on the…
Per, I've been testing Lutz' (brand-new) MORAY modeller and I've punched a few buttons in PV3D. Don't have Windows so I haven't looked at POVCAD, but Alfonso is here if you've got questions. I too have some sort of video problem with PV3D. I've seen the same problem with a…
Eduard, Yes, that would be a nice alternative to render only the object.piece you want to check on, please go for it! Have you heard from Drew, in the mean time? I haven't had an answer to my candidateship yet… – Anton There is 1 Reply. Read action !
Dan, Getting back to the subject of this thread: I actually went ahead and downloaded PoV and all the Scene editors available here (except for the huge beta demo trilogy). Quite a few nice scenes of yours in there (I made 120 by 160 pixel renderings of all the demos…
"French is easy"… that's cute! I used to know a bit of Finnish (grew up in Michigan's Upper Penninsula where a lot of Finns settled) but the words wouldn't be appropriate here. Don't feel you've got to stop your PS's because of me… I was having fun trying to figure…
Erkki, I see, well it's my impression that Vivid adds bounding boxes to it's primitives automatically. I'll try to keep this in mind. Other than that, are you satisfied with PV3D? – Per re. your P.S.: I'll respond via E-Plex. I don't want to put off Dan Farmer . There…
Dan, "dog" means "though" in Danish. "dog" in English is "hund" in Danish. We have a saying in Denmark: French is easy, "horse" is "cheval" and it's like that all the way through 😉 – Per P.S. We'll stop talking Danish now, . There is 1 Reply. Read action !
"Catch any trout yet?" One yesterday, one today. Wanna hear my excuses? There is 1 Reply. Read action !
Hey Dan, >> "der er dog mindst" >Hey… WHOS'S go the mind of a dog?!? You need a Danish-English dictionary to figure that out . I just might be able to get you a good deal on one, they are far cheaper in Copenhagen than in Minneapolis . Has spring…
Peter, No matter which modeller you use watch out for the bounding. I just got a bunch of scenes made with PV3D and the bounding is awfull. Either it's on a single simple object or it's the whole CGS object. With large CGS trees this gives very slow traces. Well,…
> Is there any possibility to include a new trace mode into POV 2.0? > To be more precise, a wireframe mode, so that our debugging times > can be reduced enormously? Sorry, the "Quality" command line parameter only goes down to zero. So, for a wireframe "zippy" mode, we'd…
> "Der er dog mindst" Hey… WHOS'S got the mind of a dog?!? 🙂 There are 2 Replies. Read action !
Hi Erkki, Your reply is pretty much in-line with what Dan said. I don't have access to AutoCAD or 3D Studio, but I'll certainly be checking out POVCAD. Thanks – Per P.S. Nej, du har ret. Der er dog mindst et par stykker til – selvom det er nogle aar…
Eduard, TThe scrollbars would be a great improvement! As might be a seperate progress window, as long as we are also able to switch it of. Is there any possibility to include a new trace mode into POV 2.0? To be more precise, a wireframe mode, so that our debugging…
Hi Per, For POV-Ray there's a couple of possibilities for modellers. There's POVCAD that runs under Windows, PV3D that runs under dos, Lutz is working on a modeller too. There's a 3DSPOV converter for using 3DS data in POV-Ray models (works pretty good) and some other converters for using DXF…
Anton, > You want to include it for saving PICT's and stuff? Can you also include > a very tiny window in v2.0 telling the user how many lines he has traced, > and how many more to do before completing the picture. Yup, 2.0 will do optional QT compression…
I have noticed a little friction about the Sculptura demo package. I think that the main problem is a matter of perception. Sculptura was not built primarily as an add-on to Vivid or POV. It was mainly built as a stand-alone modeling/rendering package that could output to Vivid or POV…
Hi Eduard, Please note, that the Centris 650 upgrade board for my machine is not yet available in Europe, as we write/speak! I'm still using the Mac IIvx at the moment! I wrote Drew a message (27 Apr 93 20:20pm (European time)) and I'm very anxious to see, what happens…
Michael, I went ahead and downloaded your Sculptura demo, and I must say that I'm somewhat disappointed with it. Not with the fact that it's so severely crippled that you can't do anything useful with it. The demo gives you no opportunity to test whether the claim about Vivtruth, and…
Dan, Thanks much for your information. I think I'll stick with Vivid then, and wait for a modeller to be available. – Per Read action !
Michael, I'll take a look, thanks. – Per Read action !
Per, There really are not a lot of POV files in the libs… just a lot with POV in the name. You'll want POVIBM.ZIP, POVSCN.ZIP, and POVDOC.ZIP. In addition, the source is in POVSRC.ZIP (all this info is contained in POVINF.DOC and all files are in Lib 8). I don't…
You might want to give Sculptura a try. Sculptura is a new 3d modeler that supports both Vivid and POV output. There is a demo over in the GRAPHSUP forum, area 9 – commercial demos. – Michael There are 2 Replies. Read action !
#Scene editors, Viv/PoV
Message #20595
Hi Guys, I've been using Stephen Coy's Vivid ray tracer for some time now. It works great for rendering but I find it quite tedious and time consuming to build the scenes by hand. I notice, there are a couple of scene editors in the libraries. Are any of you…
Hi Anton, Drew would be the one to talk to abou getting you set up. A Centris? Great, we need to pipe the Mac code through a 68040 with CPU cache, and make sure its tailfeathers don't get burned off! Anyway, send Drew a personal e-mail, and he should be…
#POV-Ray 2.0 + Mac
Message #20519
I read somewhere in the threads, that you and Drew might be interested in beta-testers for POV-Ray v2.0 (Mac-version) ? I have a Mac IIvx at the moment, and will be upgrading to a Centris 650 as soon as the boards become available in Europe. And yes, I might be…
WIN 3.1 & POV
Message #20391
Try different settings using POVMOD and be sure to set the disk buffer setting to zero. I works for me! I can access both extended and virtual memory with Windows 3.1 in the enhanced mode and run several POVRAY session at once – text, not video mode. I can access…