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- RayShade 4.0.6 for 386
-
- This package is provided without any warranty of any kind. Use at your
- own risk!
-
- This is the Rayshade ray-tracer, ported to 386 machines running
- DOS using the WatCom C/386 Ver.9 compiler. It is compiled with all
- optimizations (including the new 486 options).
-
- I have made very few changes to this package, except for the addition
- of carriage returns to the original (unix) files, and a few changes
- in the source code, marked by __BORLANDC__ and __WATCOMC__.
-
- (Note that Borland C was used only to test-compile, and it is useless
- trying to do any rendering in 640k.)
-
- Note the following changes in this 386 version:
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- - Outputs Targa-24 files instead of MTV or RLE files.
-
- - File names are produced to allow animations. (Output of multiple
- Targa-24 output files.
-
- - Targa-24 files are used to input as image maps.
- (Make sure your Targa image maps are top-to-bottom type,
- or they will appear upside down in the image!)
-
- - Your CPP preprocessor is not used unless you have specified
- arguments to CPP with the -P switch. (Original rayshade
- always uses CPP.) The settings assumed for CPP are for
- Borlands CPP, "-P- -ooutfile" plus whatever settings you
- provide with -P.
-
- See the file RAYVM.BAT for setting RAY to use virtual memory. I would
- be interested in any images produced with this package, and any stories
- of how it ruined your life... Upload images, input files, timings, code
- improvements to "The Graphics Alternative" BBS 510-524-2780
-
- Things (for other people) to do:
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- - Send me lots of images, input files and code improvements
- in the mail.
- - If RAY hangs, please upload/mail the input file and a description
- of how to reproduce the problem.
- - Try out some of the rendering options, and tell me what they do.
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- April 28, 1992
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- Steve Enns
- Synergrafix Consulting
- 2425 Haultain Ave.
- Saskatoon, Sk.
- Canada S7J 1R2
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