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- This archive includes an OS/2 native compile of POV-Ray 2.2. It has been
- customized to run from the POVFrame environment.
-
- The compile included in this archive was created with IBM's CSet/2 C/C++
- version 2.1 compiler. All "spec" problems seem to be now resolved, however,
- for the moment I'll leave this advisory in. PLEASE let me know of any
- problems you may have with this compile, and, if possible, send me a
- "stripped" version of the image that will duplicate the problem.
-
-
- Advisory (May no longer apply but it needs more testing....):
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-
- IBM's CSet/2 C++ seems to have some math problems at the moment. This version
- will -NOT- abort on errors as previous ones did.
- IT MAY, HOWEVER, GENERATE IMAGES WITH "FLY-SPECS" IN THEM!!!! The program
- will ignore most math errors but this can result in miscolored pixels in
- some images. It -will- however correctly trace *many* of the images in the
- POVSCN "MATH" subdirectory that the other version will abend on.
-
- PLEASE, PLEASE, run small test traces of your POV-Ray images and examine them
- for mis-colored/black pixels BEFORE running a high rez anti-aliased version
- of the image!!!!!!!! If this compile produces a defective image the "official"
- DOS compile will probably produce a correct one. (320x200 should give enough
- resolution to see if problems exist.)
-
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-
-
-
- The compile was also optimized for use on 80486DX based machines (this also
- provides a performance boost on P5 based machines) but will run on 386 based
- machines too. Version 2.1 of CSet/2 will optimize all of POV-Rays
- modules now. As a result this compile runs somewhat faster than previous
- versions did.
-
-
- --- Bill Pulver
-