This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
Search Results (6 messages)
Glen, NT only limits your file names if your HDs are formated using the MS-DOS compatible FAT file system. NT also has it's own native format called NTFS, I believe it also supports the OS/2 HPFS system. I don't use NT myself so I'm not certain on the file name…
Christopher, TrueSpace does run under OS/2. (WIN-OS/2 that is..) It will run in a seamless window on the desktop or full screen. (At least the demo does….) — Bill
Peter, Hmmmm, that could take volumes. Basicly, Raytracing creates images by simulating the physics of light. We see something because light leaves a light source, reflects off of an object (& gets "filtered" in the process) & enters our eyes. Raytracing works basicly the same way although for practical considerations…
Alex, POV-Ray is available right here in GraphDev in the POV Sources LIB. If you have an IBM PC style machine the files you need are POVIBM.ZIP (the program it's self), POVSCN.ZIP (-lots- of example images) & POVDOC.ZIP (documentation files). As for importing 3DS files, there is a converter. It's…
Peter, there is not a whole lot of overlap between them. POV-Ray is a freeware raytracing package, 3D Studio is a (quite expensive) modeling, animation & rendering package. POV-Ray uses text files that describe the "world" to be rendered for input, 3DS has a built in wireframe modeler and can…
Dolf, something in your POVRAY.DEF file, or on the command line, is probably wrong. Look thru your file & see if you can see something missing or go ahead & post it here. Also make sure you ar putting an "-i " or "-o" in front of the file name…