On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 15:58, Dale Anderson wrote: > Looks interesting , can you use povray etc as external renderers ?
You can certainly export to Povray, so it's probably just a question of writing the appropriate script if it hasn't been done yet. But to be honest, the built-in raytracer is pretty good, pretty fast even though it is Java, and I no longer export to pov unless I'm improving legacy stuff. It has two areas that suck. Booleans are well overdue for an overhaul, and a cunningly-crafted boolean can crash the renderer. Particle functions are rudimentary, so flames and explosions etc. are hard to do. I understand both of these are due for a fixing. I've submitted bug reports in the past, and they do eventually get fixed! AoI is very actively developed, and is the only GUI modeller I've found that allows you to link in an object from an external file. In other words, it has real object libraries. You change the library object, and all scene files will re-render correctly with the modified object. Vik :v) ---- Van Roy's Law: Honesty is the best policy - there's less competition.
