Persistence Of Vision Ray-Tracer 3.1g BeOS Port
File povray31g.pkg
Author POV Team, [povray.org]
BeOS Port Benjamin THERY, [oxben @ free . fr]
Release 3 (May 8th, 2002)
Compatibility BeOS R5 for Intel
Description Ray-Tracer
Note Freeware

This is a port to BeOS of the wonderful POV Ray-Tracer. What this port brings is the graphical display while rendering! I couldn't work without this feature, so I downloaded the UNIX sources, and a few hours later I had it working.

UNIX sources are available here. BeOS sources are available.

D I S C L A I M E R

This program is provided as is. We take no responsibility for any damage or consequences directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, which may arise from using this program.
YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

D o w n l o a d

Full package :

Binary only : Sources :

F e a t u r e s
  • Every POV-Ray features
  • A working graphical display (switch +D) with scrollbars
H i s t o r y

Release 3 ( May 8th, 2002)

  • Position of the display window is now remembered between executions. It is stored in an attribute of the preference file : /boot/home/settings/povray.prefs.
  • 'Display' (+D) and 'Pause when done' (+P) behaviour :
    • If both display and 'Pause when done' are used (+D +P) : the window stays opened until you click in it or press 'q'.
    • If display is used but not 'Pause when done' (+D -P) : the window closes itself as soon as the rendering is finished.
  • Some other minor fixes.
Release 2 ( July 27th, 2001)
  • Click in preview window or press 'q' to close window after rendering
  • Scrollbars added to display window. Very usefull for high resolution rendering
  • Various fixes to improve stability
  • BeOS sources available
Release 1 ( May 1st, 2001)
  • First release.
C o n t a c t

Feel free to contact me for bugs reports.

B.Théry - 2001-2002.