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(...) Yeah, it has something to do with POV-Ray switching "versions" before loading colors.inc. I tried to delete the lines but didn't help much. Think Lars has to change the code in L3P a bit. I also expierenced errors in MegaPOV after installing (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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<snip> (...) Why are we trying to use Pov 3.5? What is computer user's *NEED* to have the latest and greatest? Does Pov 3.5 provide the LDraw rendering community anything NEW that 3.1 did not? Why go thru all the headaches of learning 3.5 when 3.1 (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Unfortunately, the POV dev team has a history of breaking backwards compatability in their revisions. Think back to how they mutilated the halo feature of 3.0 when they introduced media in 3.1. Their goal is to force everyone to use the latest (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:GzrFGw.AJx@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) that (...) I too had problems with 3.5 so went back and installed 3.1. WRT MegaPOV - where is the best place to download the current version of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I was also having the same problems and I spotted this: (URL) he suggests adding a #version 3.5; line at the top of the file. This worked from me but I am still having other issues with the orthagonal view. I guess I'll just have to go back to (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Can't help it, I'm an upgrade junkie. Been that way for years :) Anyway, is there a good tutorial on MegaPOV? I have not used that yet, still using L3P. (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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<snip> (...) Try this link: (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I have found 3.5 to be almost twice as fast as 3.1 with the same files - tested on a PII, P3 and P4. Most incompatabilities can be removed with the version directive. (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) like, how? (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Since the release of POV 3.5, there seems to be a general re-writing of history as people delete their MegaPOV-specific pages. Most of my MegaPOV tutorial links are 404'ing now. Looking on the bright side, the state of documentation can never (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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