--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2003/11/11 16:24:05 1.22 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2004/03/01 17:49:38 1.29 @@ -1180,7 +1180,8 @@ files. Changed marksources() routine (src/rt/source.c) to check all primitives in the modifier chain for emitting types, not only the first. This permits sources to be described with intervening -modifiers before the light/illum/glow primitive. +modifiers before the light/illum/glow primitive and allows aliases +as well. Fixed bug in xform where it was neglecting to add transform arguments to new mesh primitive. @@ -1190,9 +1191,9 @@ doubles, respectively. Changed meta2tga to output correct colors. -****** COMPATIBILITY CHANGE ******** Changed local coordinate index from 32-bits to 16-bits, which requires -that Radiance mesh files be recompiled. +that Radiance mesh files be recompiled. (Later decided against this +change, as it caused problems with some models.) Changed integer tone-mapping routines to better deal with images containing large, constant regions. @@ -1218,3 +1219,39 @@ even when they weren't all that small in the view. Added in(i) function to rcalc for more flexible channel evaluation. Replaced all calls to vfork() with regular fork() calls. + +Fixed bug in glarendx for dgr calculation with sources behind view. + +Added -p option to histo to print percentages/percentiles r.t. counts. + +Added a source occluder cache to accelerate shadow testing. This +can save up to 50% of the calculation time in scenes with many +light sources, especially ones containing large occluders. This +optimization may be tuned or switched off with the -DSHADCACHE=N +compile switch, where N is the resolution of the shadow cache, or +0 to disable it. Since this is purely a time vs. memory trade-off, +I decided not to make it a new command-line option. (We already +have plenty.) + +****** COMPATIBILITY CHANGE ******** +Changed the following command names to avoid conflicts: + rview -> rvu (with symbolic link back to rview) + calc -> icalc + lam -> rlam + gencat -> gencatenary + +Improved -f option of normpat, which caused odd color changes before. + +Created pgblur script which does fast Gaussian blur of image without changing +its dimensions. This is very useful in certain types of image processing +calculations, such as finding or removing low frequencies. + +****** COMPATIBILITY CHANGE ******** +Changed little-used objpict script so that it takes scene files rather than +rpict options on the command line, and puts everything into the right +coordinate position automatically rather than requiring the user to do it. + +Added -I option to replmarks for mesh instancing. + +Made similar change for virtual sources to allow modifiers and aliases +on the mirror and prism types to work properly.