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*001* MENU BAR TO ACCESS THE MENU BAR, LEFT CLICK ON THE DESIRED MENU ITEM: EITHER FILES, OPTIONS, CONFIG OR HELP. A MENU WILL APPEAR BELOW THE CHOSEN ITEM, LISTING FURTHER ITEMS THAT YOU MAY CHOOSE. *002* STATUS LINE BAR THIS BAR ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN CONT- AINS THE CURRENTLY LOADED .DEF FILE SHOWN ON THE LEFT END OF THE BAR. ANY IMPORTANT MESSAGES WILL BE SHOWN ON THE REST OF THE BAR AS YOU USE POV COMMANDER. *003* COMMAND LINE BOX THE RIGHT HALF OF THE SCREEN IS DEVOTED TO COMMAND LINE OPTIONS FOR POV. MOST OF THE OPTIONS ARE TURNED ON BY LEFT CLICKING THE CHECKBOX BESIDE THE OPTION, AND THEN (IF NEEDED) CLICKING IN THE ACCOMPANING BOX TO ENTER DATA. SOME OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FOR POV VERSION 2.0. ALL OF THE OPTIONS YOU SELECT ARE THEN SAVED IN A FILE WITH A .DEF EXTENSION, WHICH POV WILL USE TO TRACE THE FILE. *004* FILES BOX THE LEFT HALF OF THE SCREEN IS DEVOTED TO AN ON-LINE FILE COMMANDER. FROM HERE YOU WILL ASSIGN YOUR INPUT POV FILE, LIBRARY PATHS, ECT., BY DRAGGING AND DROPPING THEM WHERE YOU NEED TO. THERE IS ALSO A FILE MASK SELECTION BOX THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY CLICKING ON THE LINE THAT SHOWS THE CURRENT PATH AT THE TOP OF THE FILES BOX. DIRECTORIES ARE SHOWN WITHIN <> SYMBOLS. TO CHANGES DIRECTORIES, DOUBLE CLICK ON THE ONE YOU WANT. <.\> WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE ROOT OF THE CURRENT DRIVE AND <..\> WILL TAKE YOU BACK ONE DIRECTORY. *005* DRIVES THE BAR AT THE TOP OF THE FILES WINDOW SHOWS WHICH DRIVES ARE AVAILABLE. TO CHANGE TO A NEW DRIVE, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE DRIVE LETTER THAT YOU WANT. *006* CURRENT PATH THE SECOND BAR AT THE TOP OF THE FILES BOX DISPLAYS THE CURRENT PATH. IF YOU LEFT CLICK ON THIS BAR, A MENU WILL APPEAR THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO SELECT A NEW FILE MASK THAT SCREENS WHICH FILES ARE SHOWN IN THE FILE BOX. FOR EXAMPLE, *.DEF WILL SHOW ONLY FILES WITH AN EXTENSION OF .DEF. TO CHANGE THE CURRENTLY SHOWN PATH, DOUBLE CLICK ON ONE IN THE FILES BOX. DIRECTORIES ARE SHOWN WITHIN <> SYMBOLS. <.\> WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE ROOT OF THE CURRENT DRIVE AND <..\> WILL TAKE YOU BACK ONE DIRECTORY. *007* NEW THIS COMMAND WILL RESET ALL OF THE POV OPTIONS TO THEIR DEFAULT STATE, AND GIVE YOU A FRESH SLATE TO WORK FROM. *008* LOAD A .DEF FILE THIS COMMAND WILL BRING UP A LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE .DEF FILES. CLICK THE ONE YOU WANT AND HIT LOAD. *009* SAVE A .DEF FILE THIS COMMAND WILL SAVE YOUR POV OPTIONS UNDER THE .DEF FILE NAME SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND OF THE STATUS BAR. ALL .DEF FILES ARE ALWAYS SAVED TO THE DIRECTORY WHERE POV IS AT, WHICH IS WHERE POV WILL LOOK FOR THEM. *010* SAVE AS THIS COMMAND FUNCTIONS THE SAME AS THE SAVE COMMAND, EXCEPT THAT YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A NEW NAME TO SAVE THE .DEF FILE AS. *011* EDIT POV FILE THIS COMMAND WILL ALLOW YOU TO VIEW AND EDIT THE .POV FILE SHOWN CURRENTLY AS THE INPUT FILE IN THE POV OPTIONS SECTION. WHEN YOU ARE DONE EDITING THE FILE, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY RETURNED TO POV COMMANDER. TO EDIT ANY OTHER FILE, FIND IT IN THE FILE COMMANDER WINDOW AND DOUBLE CLICK ON IT. ALL FILES ARE EDITED USING DOS EDIT. *012* RUN POV THIS COMMAND WILL RUN POV USING THE CURRENTLY LOADED .DEF FILE SHOWN ON-SCREEN. *013* HELP BUTTON WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING NOW! *014* EXIT THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO EXIT BACK TO DOS. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SAVE ANYTHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN SAVED, UNLESS YOU HAVE AUTO-SAVE TURNED ON. *015* .DEF FILE DISPLAY THIS AREA DISPLAYS THE CURRENTLY LOADED .DEF FILE. TO LOAD A NEW .DEF FILE, DRAG IT FROM THE FILES BOX AND RELEASE IT ON TOP OF THE OLD .DEF FILE SHOWN HERE. THE NEW FILE WILL BE LOADED. OR USE THE LOAD COMMAND. *016* STATUS REPORT LINE THIS LINE CONTAINS VALUABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING WHAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT DO AT ANY GIVEN TIME. KEEP YOUR EYE ON IT. *017* POV VERSION THIS AREA DISPLAYS WHICH VERSION OF POV THE .POV FILE WAS WRITTEN FOR. THIS CAN BE CHANGED IN THE OPTIONS MENU. *018* HEIGHT THIS IS WHERE YOU ENTER A HEIGHT VALUE FOR YOUR PICTURE. *019* WIDTH THIS IS WHERE YOU ENTER A WIDTH VALUE FOR YOUR PICTURE. *020* DISPLAY TYPE CLICK THIS CHECKBOX IF YOU WISH TO VIEW YOUR PICTURE AS IT IS BEING RENDERED. CLICK INSIDE THE BOX TO CHOOSE YOUR VIDEO CARD. *021* STATISTIC DISPLAY CLICK THIS CHECKBOX TO SEE THE STATISTICS AS YOUR PICTURE IS BEING RENDERED. *022* ABORT WITH KEYPRESS THIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO ABORT A RENDER ONCE POV HAS STARTED. THIS OPTION IS RECOMMENDED. *023* CONTINUE ABORTED IMAGE THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE A RENDER THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ABORTED AS IT WAS BEING TRACED. *024* PAUSE AFTER TRACE THIS OPTION WILL PAUSE POV AFTER IT HAS FINISHED RENDERING A PICTURE. NOT RECOMMENDED IF YOU PLAN ON USING THE BATCH RUNNER. *025* CLOCK VALUE THIS IS WHERE YOU ENTER THE CLOCK VALUE FOR THIS PICTURE IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH ANIMATION. *026* INPUT FILE THIS AREA SHOWS THE INPUT (.POV) FILE THAT POV WILL USE TO TRACE YOUR PICTURE. TO ASSIGN A .POV FILE HERE, FIND ONE IN THE FILES BOX, AND THEN DRAG AN DROP IT HERE. YOU WILL SEE THE NEW INPUT FILE NAME APPEAR IN THE BOX. *027* OUTPUT FILE IF YOU WANT YOUR PICTURE SAVED TO DISK, CLICK THE CHECKBOX HERE, AND ENTER A NAME TO SAVE THE PICTURE AS. *028* LIBRARY PATHS THESE TEN SLOTS HOLD THE PLACES FOR YOUR LIBRARY PATHS. THESE PATHS LET POV KNOW WHERE TO FIND THE FILES YOU WANT TO TRACE. TO ASSIGN A PATH TO ONE OF THESE SLOTS, FIND THE DIRECTORY (ONE WITH THE <> SYMBOLS) IN THE FILES BOX, AND DRAG AND DROP IT TO ONE OF THESE SLOTS. YOU WILL SEE IT APPEAR HERE. TO DELETE A PATH FROM ONE OF THESE SLOTS, DOUBLE CLICK ON IT. YOU CAN LOAD AND SAVE LIBRARY PATH GROUPS WITH THE COMMANDS IN THE CONFIG MENU. FOR MORE ON LIBRARY PATHS, SEE YOUR POV DOCUMENTATION. *029* RENDER QUALITY THIS IS WHERE YOU ENTER THE QUALITY FOR YOUR PICTURE. 9 IS THE BEST. *030* ANTI-ALIASING ENTER YOUR ANTI-ALIASING VALUE HERE. *031* NUMBER OF RAYS ENTER YOUR NUMBER OF RAYS VALUE HERE. *032* JITTER ENTER YOUR JITTER VALUE HERE. *033* BOUNDING SLABS ENTER THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF OBJECTS THERE MUST BE IN YOUR PICTURE BEFORE POV WILL USE BOUNDING SLABS. *034* START LINE TO TRACE ONLY PART OF YOUR PICTURE, ENTER THE STARTING LINE HERE. *035* END LINE TO TRACE ONLY PART OF YOUR PICTURE, ENTER THE ENDING LINE HERE. *036* START ROW TO TRACE ONLY PART OF YOUR PICTURE, ENTER THE STARTING ROW HERE. *037* END ROW TO TRACE ONLY PART OF YOUR PICTURE, ENTER THE ENDING ROW HERE. *038* START COLUMN TO TRACE ONLY PART OF YOUR PICTURE, ENTER THE STARTING COLUMN HERE. *039* END COLUMN TO TRACE ONLY PART OF YOUR PICTURE, ENTER THE ENDING COLUMN HERE. *040* VIEW INCLUDE CHAIN THIS COMMAND WILL BRING UP A WINDOW THAT DISPLAYS WHICH FILES ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR .POV FILE. THIS IS VERY USEFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THE PROPER LIBRARY PATHS SELECTED. IF A FILE THAT IS NEEDED CANNOT BE FOUND IN YOUR LIBRARY PATHS, IT WILL SAY SO. *041* POV BATCH RUNNER THIS COMMAND BRINGS UP A WINDOW THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TRACE UP TO 50 .DEF FILES IN SUCCESSION. THIS IS USEFUL FOR ANIMATION TRACING. THESE BATCH FILES CAN BE LOADED AND SAVED AS GROUPS. *042* USER CONFIGURABLE BUTTONS THESE BUTTONS ARE USER DEFINABLE TO RUN ANY PROGRAM YOU WISH. SIMPLY FIND THE PROGRAM YOU WANT THE BUTTON TO RUN IN THE FILES BOX, AND DRAG AND DROP IT TO THE BUTTON YOU WISH. A MENU WILL APPEAR IN WHICH YOU CAN GIVE THE BUTTON A TITLE AND ENTER ANY COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS THE PROGRAM NEEDS. YOU MUST ENTER A TITLE FOR THE BUTTON TO WORK. A @POV SYMBOL IN THE COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS WILL INCLUDE THE CURRENT INPUT FILE NAME (.POV) WHEN THE BUTTON IS RUN. THIS IS USEFUL FOR PROGRAMS THAT HELP EDIT .POV FILES. A #POV SYMBOL IN THE COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS WILL INCLUDE THE CURRENT OUTPUT FILE NAME (USUALLY .TGA) WHEN THE BUTTON IS RUN. THIS IS USEFUL FOR IMAGE VIEWERS AND THE LIKE. TO EDIT THE BUTTON LATER, DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON IT. *043* OUTPUT FILE PATH THIS BOX HOLDS THE PATH WHERE YOUR OUTPUT FILE WILL BE WRITTEN TO. TO ASSIGN A NEW PATH HERE, DRAG ONE FROM THE FILE WINDOW, OR CLICK IN THIS BOX TO BRING UP A SELECTION OF DEFAULT PATHS TO CHOOSE FROM. *044* LAST USED DEF FILES THE LAST FIVE DEF FILES YOU HAVE WORKED ON APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FILES MENU FOR EASY LOADING. SIMPLY CLICK ON THE ONE YOU WANT TO AUTOMATICALLY LOAD IT. THE FIRST ONE IS LOADED EACH TIME POV COMMANDER STARTS, AND IS ALWAYS THE CURRENTLY OPENED FILE. *045* DEF FILES... DEF FILES (OR DEFINITION FILES) ARE USED TO STORE ALL OF YOUR POV OPTIONS. POVRAY WILL USE THIS FILE WHEN YOU TACE YOUR PICTURE TO FIND OUT WHICH OPTIONS YOU HAVE SELECTED. *046* PTH FILES... PATH FILES ARE USED BY POV COMMANDER TO STORE VARIOUS PATH GROUPS THAT YOU MAKE. USE THE SAVE LIBRAY PATHS AND LOAD LIBRARY PATHS COMMANDS IN THE OPTIONS MENU. *047* BAT FILES... BATCH FILES HOLD THE DEF GROUPS THAT YOU MAKE IN THE BATCH RUNNER WINDOW. THESE GROUPS ARE SET UP SO THAT POV WILL RUN THEM IN SUCCESSION, ALLOWING YOU TO TRACE UP TO FIFTY POV FILES IN SUCCESSION. *048* FILE MASK... CLICKING ON THE BAR IN THE FILES WINDOW THAT DISPLAYS THE CURRENT PATH WILL BRING UP THE FILE MASK MENU. THIS MENU ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT A NEW FILE MASK OR ENTER YOUR OWN. THESE MASKS DETERMINE WHICH FILES ARE DISPLAYED IN THE FILE COMMANDER. A *.* MASK WILL CAUSE ALL POSSIBLE FILES TO BE DISPLAYED. *049* LOAD LIBRARY PATH... TO LOAD A LIBRARY PATH GROUP FROM THE FILE WINDOW, FIND THE DESIRED .PTH FILE AND DRAG IT ONTO THE LIBRARY PATHS SECTION. THE NEW LIBRARY PATHS FROM THE .PTH FILE WILL BE LOADED AND DISPLAYED. (SEE ALSO: CONFIG MENU - LOAD LIBRARY PATHS) *050* POV COMMANDER HELP WHAT ARE...? HOW TO... MENUS... FILES WINDOW... POV OPTIONS WINDOW... USER CONFIGURABLE BUTTONS... BATCH RUNNER... *051* WHAT ARE...? DEF FILES... PTH FILES... BAT FILES... *052* HOW TO... TRACE A POV FILE... TRACE MULTIPLE POV FILES... USE CONFIGURABLE BUTTONS... ENTER REGISTERED PASSWORD... SET UP POV COMMANDER... *053* MENUS... FILES... OPTIONS... CONFIG... HELP... *054* FILES WINDOW... CHANGE DRIVE... CHANGE DIRECTORY... FILE MASK... LOAD DEF FILE... LOAD LIBRARY PATHS... EDIT FILE... *055* FILES MENU... NEW... LOAD... SAVE... SAVE AS... EXIT... LAST USED DEF FILES (1-5)... *056* OPTIONS MENU... RUN POV... EDIT... VIEW INCLUDES... BATCH RUNNER... HEIGHT & WIDTH... PALLET TYPE... BUFFER SIZE... OUTPUT FILE TYPE... OUTPUT FILE PATH... NUMBER OF SYMBOLS... CHANGE POV VERSION... VIEW LAST OUTPUT... *057* CONFIG MENU... PROGRAM LOCATIONS... SAVE CONFIGURATION... POV EXE VERSION... SAVE LIBRARY PATHS... LOAD LIBRARY PATHS... AUTO SAVE ON/OFF... *058* HELP MENU... CONTENTS... SCREEN... REGISTER... ABOUT... *059* USER CONFIGURABLE BUTTONS... ASSIGNING PROGRAMS TO... PARAMETERS... CLEAR... EDITING... *060* BATCH RUNNER... ADDING DEF'S... MOVING DEF'S... DELETING DEF'S... CLEARING... SAVE GROUP... LOAD GROUP... RUNNING A GROUP... *061* POV OPTIONS... POV VERSION... WIDTH... HEIGHTH... DISPLAY TYPE... STATISTIC DISPLAY... ABORT WITH KEYPRESS... CONTINUE ABORTED IMAGE... PAUSE AFTER TRACE... CLOCK VALUE... INPUT FILE... OUTPUT FILE... OUTPUT FILE PATH... RENDER QUALITY... ANTI-ALIASING... NUMBER OF RAYS... JITTER... BOUNDINGS... START LINE... END LINE... START ROW... END ROW... START COLUMN... END COLUMN... LIBRARY PATHS... *062* *063* *064* *065* *066* *067* *068* *069* *070* *071* EDIT FILE... DOUBLE CLICKING ON ANY FILE IN THE FILES WINDOW WILL CAUSE IT TO BE OPENED FOR EDITING. DOS EDIT IS USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. *072* LOAD DEF FILE... TO LOAD A DEF FILE FROM THE FILES WINDOW, FIND THE DESIRED .DEF FILE AND DRAG IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, DROPPING IT ON TOP OF THE LEFT HAND AREA OF THE STATUS BAR WHERE THE OLD DEF FILE IS DISPLAYED. THE NEW DEF FILE WILL PROMPTLY BE LOADED AND DISPLAYED. *073* ASSIGNING USER BUTTONS TO ASSIGN A PROGRAM TO THE A USER CONFIG- URABLE BUTTON, FIND IT IN THE FILES WINDOW, AND THEN DRAG-AND-DROP IT ONTO ONE OF THE FOUR USER CONFIGURABLE BUTTONS. A WINDOW WILL POP UP IN WHICH YOU CAN ASSIGN A TITLE AND PARAMETERS TO THE PROGRAM. YOU MUST ASSIGN A TITLE IN ORDER FOR THE BUTTON TO WORK. *074* USER BUTTON PARAMETERS PARAMETERS ARE USED FOR PROGRAMS THAT CAN TAKE INPUT WHEN THEY ARE CALLED. THIS OPTION LETS YOU ENTER ANY NEEDED PARAMETERS. A @POV SYMBOL IN THE COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS WILL INCLUDE THE CURRENT INPUT FILE NAME (.POV) WHEN THE BUTTON IS RUN. THIS IS USEFUL FOR PROGRAMS THAT HELP EDIT .POV FILES. A $POV SYMBOL IN THE COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS WILL INCLUDE THE CURRENT INPUT FILE NAME (.POV) AND ITS PATH WHEN THE BUTTON IS RUN. THIS IS USEFUL FOR PROGRAMS THAT HELP EDIT .POV FILES. A #POV SYMBOL IN THE COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS WILL INCLUDE THE CURRENT OUTPUT FILE NAME (USUALLY .TGA) WHEN THE BUTTON IS RUN. THIS IS USEFUL FOR IMAGE VIEWERS AND THE LIKE. *075* CLEAR USER BUTTON TO CLEAR THE USER BUTTON, CLICK THE CLEAR BUTTON. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE BUTTON AGAIN UNTIL YOU RE-ASSIGN IT TO A NEW PROGRAM. *076* EDIT USER BUTTON TO EDIT A USER CONFIGURABLE BUTTON, DOUBLE CLICK ON IT TO BRING UP THE EDIT WINDOW. THIS WILL ONLY WORK IF THE BUTTON HAS ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED TO A PROGRAM. *077* ADD DEF'S TO ADD DEF FILES TO THE BATCH RUNNER, FIND THE DESIRED DEF FILE IN THE FILES WINDOW AND DRAG IT TO THE BATCH RUNNER WINDOW. THE DEF FILE WILL BE INSERTED WHERE YOU DROP IT. *078* MOVING A DEF TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE DEF FILES LISTED IN THE BATCH RUNNER DEF FILE LIST, DRAG THE DESIRED FILE TO ITS NEW POSITION. IT WILL BE INSERTED THERE AND THE LIST WILL BE ADJUSTED. *079* DELETE A DEF TO DELETE A DEF FILE FROM THE BATCH RUNNER LIST, SIMPLY DOUBLE CLICK ON IT. THE LIST WILL BE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THE CHANGE. *080* CLEAR DEF FILE LIST TO CLEAR ALL FILES FROM THE BATCH FILE LIST, HIT THE CLEAR BUTTON. *081* SAVE BATCH GROUP TO SAVE THE CURRENT DEF GROUP DISPLAYED IN THE BATCH FILE LIST, HIT THE SAVE BUTTON AND ENTER A NAME FOR THE FILE. *082* LOAD BATCH GROUP TO LOAD A DEF GROUP INTO THE BATCH RUNNER, HIT LOAD TO BRING UP THE LOAD WINDOW. CLICK ON THE DESIRED .BAT FILE AND HIT LOAD. *083* RUN BATCH RUNNER TO BEGIN TRACING ALL OF THE DEF FILES LISTED IN THE BATCH RUNNER LIST, HIT RUN POV. *084* Height & Width THIS COMMAND BRINGS UP A WINDOW THAT ALLOWS FOR THE EASY CHOOSING OF HEIGHT AND WIDTH VALUES. SIMPLY CLICK ON THE HEIGHT AND WIDTH VALUES YOU WISH YOUR PICTURE TO HAVE, OR ENTER YOUR OWN CUSTOM VALUES. *085* PALLET TYPE THIS COMMAND BRINGS UP A WINDOW THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE PALLET TYPE FOR YOUR VIDEO CARD. *086* BUFFER THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER HOW POV WILL BUFFER ITS OUTPUT. YOU MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE IT WRITE TO THE FILE AFTER EVERY LINE, OR AFTER EVERY 'N' KILOBYTES. *087* OUTPUT FILE TYPE THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE BETWEEN EITHER TGA, DUMP, OR RAW OUTPUT FILE TYPE. THE OUTPUT FILE NAME IS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTED AFTER YOUR FINAL CHOICE IS MADE. *088* OUTPUT FILE PATH THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE AN OUT- PUT PATH FOR YOUR OUTPUT FILE. YOU MAY CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THE TWO DEFAULT AREAS, OR ENTER YOUR OWN DEFAULT AREA. YOU CAN ALSO ENTER AN OUTPUT PATH ON THE MAIN SCREEN BY DRAGGING IT FROM THE FILES WINDOW ONTO THE PLACE WHERE THE OUTPUT PATH IS SHOWN. *089* NUMBER OF SYMBOLS THIS IS WHERE YOU ENTER THE NUMBER OF SYMBOLS FOR POV. IF YOU ARE RECEIVING ERRORS FROM POV ABOUT NOT ENOUGH SYMBOLS OR ARE WORKING WITH HUGE POV FILES, YOU MIGHT TRY INCREASING THIS NUMBER. *090* TRACE A POV FILE FIRST, FIND THE .POV FILE YOU WANT TO TRACE IN THE FILES WINDOW. ONCE FOUND, DRAG IT TO THE INPUT FILE BOX AND RELEASE IT. IF YOU WANT THE TRACE SAVED TO AN OUTPUT FILE, CHECK THE OUTPUT FILE BOX AND ENTER THE NAME YOU WANT IT SAVED AS. SELECT ALL OF THE OTHER OPTIONS IN THE OPTIONS WINDOW THAT YOU WANT FOR THIS TRACE. NOW ENTER ANY LIBRARY PATHS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THIS POV FILE. POV FILES CAN INCLUDE OTHER FILES IN THEM, SO YOU NEED TO LET POV KNOW WHERE ALL THESE FILES ARE. FIND THE DIRECTORIES WHERE THEY RESIDE, AND DRAG THEM TO THE LIBRARY PATHS AREA. A NEAT WAY TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT LIBRARY PATHS INCLUDED IS TO RUN THE VIEW INCLUDES CHAIN BUTTON. IF ANY OF THE FILES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR INPUT FILE CANNOT BE FOUND IN YOUR LIBRARY PATHS, IT WILL LET YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE INCLUDE FILE IT COULD NOT FIND. IT WILL ALSO LIST ALL OTHER INCLUDE FILES FOR YOU TO SEE. ONCE EVERYTHING IS SET UP, JUST CHOOSE RUN POV, AND YOUR OFF! POV COMMANDER WILL AUTOMATICALLY RETURN AFTER POVRAY IS DONE. *091* TRACING MULTIPLE FILES FIRST, MAKE ALL OF THE DEF FILES YOU WANT TO TRACE. ONCE THIS IS DONE, CHOOSE THE BATCH RUNNER COMMAND. DRAG ALL OF THE DEF FILES YOU WANT TO TRACE INTO THE BATCH RUNNER LIST. RE-ARRANGE THEM AS NECESSARY TO GET THEM IN THE ORDER YOU WANT THEM TO BE TRACED BY POV. IF YOU WANT TO SAVE THE CURRENT GROUP, YOU CAN. THIS IS HELPFUL TO GIVE THE GROUP A NAME. WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE DEF FILES LISTED THAT YOU WANT TO TRACE, HIT RUN POV. *092* USER CONFIGURABLE BUTTONS TO ASSIGN A PROGRAM TO THESE BUTTONS, SIMPLY FIND THE PROGRAM YOU WANT TO RUN IN THE FILES WINDOW, AND THEN DRAG IT ONTO ONE OF THE FOUR USER CONFIGURABLE BUTTONS. A WINDOW WILL APPEAR ALLOWING YOU TO ENTER A TITLE FOR THE BUTTON. THIS MUST BE DONE IN ORDER FOR THE BUTTON TO WORK. YOU CAN ALSO ENTER ANY COMMAND-LINE PARAMETERS THAT THE PROGRAM MAY NEED. WHEN YOU ARE DONE, HIT OK. TO RUN THE NEW BUTTON, CLICK ON IT. TO EDIT THE BUTTON AFTER YOU HAVE ASSIGNED A PROGRAM TO IT, DOUBLE CLICK ON IT. *093* ENTER REGISTERED PASSWORD CHOOSE REGISTER FROM THE HELP MENU. A WINDOW WILL APPEAR THAT HAS ENTRY PLACES FOR YOUR REGISTERED NAME AND PASSWORD. ENTER THEM EXACTLY AS SHOWN ON THE FORM YOU RECEIVED WHEN YOU REGISTERED POV COM- MANDER. *094* SETTING UP POV COMMANDER THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR POV COMMANDER IS THE PROGRAM LOCATIONS IN THE CONFIG MENU. THIS IS WHERE YOU ENTER THE PATHS TO POVRAY.EXE AND POVCOMM.EXE. WITHOUT THESE ENTERED CORRECTLY, THINGS MAY NOT WORK RIGHT. IT IS ALSO CONVENIENT TO TURN THE AUTO-SAVE OPTION ON IN THE CONFIG MENU. IT CAN GET TIRING WHEN POV COMMANDER ASKS YOU IF YOU WANT TO SAVE SOMETHING EVERY TIME THE PROGRAM SHELLS OUT TO DO SOMETHING. *095* SAVE LIBRARY PATHS THIS ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER A NAME TO SAVE THE CURRENTLY LISTED FILE PATHS AS. THIS IS USEFUL FOR THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU USE THE SAME LIBRARY PATHS IN MANY DIFFERENT FILES. *096* LOAD LIBRARY PATHS THIS ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE FROM THE AVAILABLE LIBRARY PATHS FILES THAT YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAVED. CLICK ON THE FILE YOU WANT AND HIT LOAD. *097* AUTO SAVE ON/OFF CLICKING THIS OPTION TOGGLES THE STATE OF THE AUTO SAVE. WHEN IT IS ON, SAVING IS DONE AUTOMATICALLY EVERY TIME YOU EXIT OR SHELL OUT OF POV COMMANDER. *098* CONTENTS THE CONTENTS OPTION IN THE HELP MENU LISTS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF LEVELS THAT YOU CAN BROWSE THROUGH TO GET HELP ON ALL ASPECTS OF POV COMMANDER. *099* SCREEN THIS HELP MENU OPTION ALLOW YOU TO CHOOSE WITH THE MOUSE WHAT YOU WANT HELP ON BY CLICKING THE SCREEN AREA. *100* REGISTER IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED POV COMMANDER, YOU CAN CLEAR THE SHAREWARE SCREEN BY ENTERING YOUR REGISTERED NAME AND PASSWORD HERE. *101* ABOUT THIS TELLS WHICH VERSION OF POV COMMANDER YOU ARE USING. *102* CHANGE POV IF YOU ARE USING AN OLD POV FILE WRITTEN FOR POVRAY VERSION 1.0, CLICK THIS OPTION TO PUT YOU INTO POVRAY 1.0 MODE. CLICKING IT AGAIN TOGGLES YOU BACK. *103* VIEW LAST OUTPUT THIS OPTION IS USEFUL FOR THOSE TIMES WHEN AN ERROR OCCURRED IN POV. IT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE POVRAY'S LAST OUTPUT. *104* PROGRAM LOCATIONS THIS IS WHERE YOU ENTER THE PATHS FOR BOTH POVRAY.EXE AND POVCOMM.EXE. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, AS THINGS WILL NOT RUN RIGHT IF THESE ENTRIES ARE NOT MADE. *105* SAVE CONFIGURATION THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE THE CONFIGURATION MANUALLY AT ANY TIME. IT WILL NOT, HOWEVER SAVE THE DEF FILE. ONLY THE WAY POV COM- MANDER IS SET UP WILL BE SAVED. *106* POVRAY.EXE VERSION THIS IS WHERE YOU ENTER WHICH VERSION OF POVRAY YOU ARE USING. *END*