MegaPOV

changes

This is not a complete changelist but a list of new features available in the latest version of MegaPOV and in previous versions.

MegaPOV 1.0 is a fresh start, based on the sources of POV-Ray 3.5. Therefore old (pre-1.0) MegaPOV scenes will not run without modifications.

New in MegaPOV 1.2.1

• Several Mechsim bugfixes
• Improved compatibility of the PPM/PGM reader with the standard
• Resolution of problems of the Windows version

New in MegaPOV 1.2

• Area light trace level control
• Bicubic interpolation for image maps
• New features in the mechanics simulation patch
• Custom tone mapping feature
• Radiosity improvements
• Several bug fixes

New in MegaPOV 1.1

• Media Fur
• HDR (High Dynamic Range) image read and write support
• New user_defined camera projection type
• New camera_view pigment type
• Reintroduced motion_blur from MegaPOV 0.7
• New post processing feature
• Connection-connection collisions and faster collisions for mechsim patch
• Angle of incidence and projection pattern from MLPov
• Several new spline types
• no_radiosity flag for objects
• Much more (complete list in the documentation)

New in MegaPOV 1.0

• Clothray cloth simulation system
• Sim-POV mechanics simulation system
• Film exposure simulation
• Text object alignment
• Frame_Step feature
• Internal function f_triangle
• sor_spline type in splines
• Spline accessed like array
• UV mapping in torus object
• UV mapping in parametric object
• Much more (complete list in the documentation)

Features already known from MegaPOV 0.7 or before

• Listed pattern (before solid pattern)
• Displace warp
• Glow effect
• Time and date functions
• Timer functions
• Set directive
• Noise pigment