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# Line 1956 | Line 1956 | to klems_full.cal in the process.)
1956  
1957   Added "-c" option to getinfo to execute command on data segment.
1958  
1959 < =====================
1960 < Version 4.3
1959 > ================================
1960 > Version 5.0 (Released 9/18/2015)
1961  
1962   Changed rmtxop so it writes out same type as lesser of inputs unless
1963 < direction otherwise using -f? option.
1963 > directed otherwise using -f? option.
1964  
1965   Changed order of oconv arguments in rfluxmtx so user can specify input
1966   octree using -i option at the end instead of (or in addition to) a
# Line 2001 | Line 2001 | some systems, and may have been source of other errors
2001  
2002   (Above changes included in 4.2.2 patch release.)
2003  
2004 ===================
2005 Version 5.0
2006
2004   Improved ambient extrapolation to avoid zero values.  Actual
2005   threshold set to 5% of recorded value.
2006  
# Line 2021 | Line 2018 | problems with coordinate axis orientations pointed out
2018   David Geisler-Moroder.
2019  
2020   Added color output to genBSDF (+C option) and support for
2021 < color rendering of Klems data.
2021 > color rendering of Klems and tensor tree data.
2022 >
2023 > Fixed another bug in rsensor that caused rays to be generated
2024 > on opposite side of hemisphere even where sensitivity was zero.
2025 >
2026 > Fixed bug discovered by Jacob Jonsson in Klems BSDF
2027 > interpolator that caused it to over-predict normal
2028 > transmittance and reflectance.
2029 >
2030 > Added ability to read input from commands in dctimestep
2031 > and rmtxop.
2032 >
2033 > Added photon map support to rad.  Fixed some double-counting
2034 > issues in photon-mapping spotted by David Geisler-Moroder.
2035 >
2036 > Added photon map support to trad.
2037 >
2038 > Fixed bug in antimatter source testing when antimatter
2039 > definition follows potential obstructor in input.
2040 >
2041 > Fixed issue with missing character type identifier at head
2042 > of genBSDF XML output.
2043 >
2044 > Prompted by Roland S., added option to have pcompos -a order
2045 > rows from top rather than bottom of image.
2046 >
2047 > Changed dctimestep to accept matrix as well as BTDF input
2048 > in the VTDs invocation mode.  This permits the output of
2049 > rmtxop to be used in a pinch when combining multiple BTDF
2050 > layers, although interreflection between layers is not
2051 > accounted for properly as it is in the WINDOW program.
2052 >
2053 > Added Jan Wienold et al.'s evalglare to distribution.
2054 >
2055 > Hopeful fix to deadlock issue under Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite).
2056 >
2057 > Fixed early exit of rcontrib with internal error (sample behind sender)
2058 > discovered by Rob G.
2059 >
2060 > =================================
2061 > Version 5.1
2062 >
2063 > Fixed issue with vchars.mta and symbols.mta not being installed in
2064 > the appropriate metafile library location, with help from Rob G.
2065 >
2066 > Added ability to give quoted strings to output= directive in rfluxmtx.
2067 >
2068 > ****** COMPATIBILITY CHANGE ********
2069 > Added ability to digest color (CIE-XYZ) input in pabopto2bsdf.
2070 > This change alters the .sir (interpolant) format, so these files
2071 > will need to be regenerated.  Use the new "#colorimetry: CIE-XYZ" tag
2072 > to enable on input.
2073 >
2074 > Rewrote bsdf2klems to support tristimulus color and call wrapBSDF.
2075 > Did the same for bsdf2ttree.  Function specifications still gray only.
2076 >
2077 > Reduced a problem where rvu or rholo would be slow to quit when
2078 > run with many processes on a large model or one with a large
2079 > ambient file (taking lots of memory).  We were waiting for
2080 > processes to quit one-by-one, which takes some time for each
2081 > process as it disentangles its shared memory.  We now
2082 > wait for all the processes together, so they can disentangle
2083 > in parallel.  It can still take up to a minute in some cases,
2084 > but not 10 minutes like it was taking before the fix.
2085 >
2086 > Enabled ambient cache value corral for all levels, not just final two.
2087 > This may reduce errors in certain pathological scenes.
2088 >
2089 > Added -in option to rcalc, rlam, and total to limit the number of
2090 > input records in hopes of circumventing Windows EOF issues on binary data.
2091 > Also added -on option to rcalc and total for logical symmetry.
2092 >
2093 > Increased modifier limit to 10,000 in rcontrib.
2094 >
2095 > Fixed issues with glrad and added zoom response to mouse wheel input.
2096 >
2097 > Added missing definition of "ashik2" material type to reference manual.
2098 >
2099 > Changed genBSDF to calculate device thickness assuming Zmax==0 so
2100 > pkgBSDF will generate correct proxy geometry.
2101 >
2102 > Created pabopto2xyz tool to combine different sensor measurements
2103 > into a single CIE-XYZ measurement file for color BSDF interpolation.
2104 >
2105 > Jan Wienold updated evalglare to version 1.30
2106 >
2107 > Roland Schregle added out-of-core photon mapping routines, which
2108 > may be compiled using the PMAP_OOC macro.
2109 >
2110 > Added -a option to getinfo for easy addition of header lines.
2111 >
2112 > Fixed issue with multiple records on picture output in rcontrib (and rfluxmtx).
2113 > Credit to Sarith Subramaniam for pointing out the problem.
2114 >
2115 > Made mkillum more tolerant of non-planar polygons in its sampling routines.
2116 >
2117 > Added "-recover" option to genBSDF to pick up where it left off.
2118 >
2119 > Fixed genBSDF issue that was created incorrect normalization of
2120 > Klems output.  Thanks to David G-M and Christian Knoflach for
2121 > discovering the error.  Also improved sampling of indirect irradiance
2122 > that showed some slight bias due to poor sample collision avoidance.
2123 >
2124 > Fixed long-standing issue with -aa 0 neglecting textures in calculating
2125 > surface shading.
2126 >
2127 > Fixed bug in ranimove introduced during photon map integration.
2128 >
2129 > Added check for steep sections of BSDF in pabopto2bsdf, creating narrower
2130 > peakes in those places and mitigating some normalization issues.
2131 >
2132 > Added view360stereo.cal by Mark Stock to handle 360-degree over/under
2133 > stereo views.
2134 >
2135 > Added MAX2SHADE macro to place limit on number of light sources
2136 > to precheck for obstructions.  (Currently set to 200.)  This
2137 > avoids excessive start-up times for scenes with many light sources.
2138 > Thanks to Axel Jacobs for pointing out the problem.
2139 >
2140 > Added -v option to obj2mesh to print out mesh statistics.
2141 >
2142 > Rewrote bsdf2rad from ground up and made it a standard part of build.
2143 >
2144 > Fixed bug in orientation of Reinhart/Tregenza sample generator in rfluxmtx.
2145 >
2146 > Added ability to perform shadow-testing through unproxied BSDFs with strong
2147 > through (direct-direct) component.
2148 >
2149 > Added {+|-}a options to genBSDF and bsdf2ttree for switching off reciprocity averaging.

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