MegaPOV

features

This is a list of features MegaPOV offers in addition to the official POV-Ray.

MegaPOV 1.0 is a fresh start, based on the sources of POV-Ray 3.5. Therefore old (pre-1.0) MegaPOV scenes will not run without modifications.

Features new to MegaPOV 1.1

• Media Fur
• HDR (High Dynamic Range) image read and write support
• New user_defined camera projection type
• New camera_view pigment type
• Reintroduced motion_blur from MegaPOV 0.7
• New post processing feature
• Connection-connection collisions and faster collisions for mechsim patch
• Angle of incidence and projection pattern from MLPov
• Several new spline types
• no_radiosity flag for objects
• Much more (complete list in the documentation)

Features new to MegaPOV 1.0

• Clothray cloth simulation system
• Sim-POV mechanics simulation system
• Film exposure simulation
• Text object alignment
• Frame_Step feature
• Internal function f_triangle
• sor_spline type in splines
• Spline accessed like array
• UV mapping in torus object
• UV mapping in parametric object
• Much more (complete list in the documentation)

Features already known from MegaPOV 0.7 or before

• Listed pattern (before solid pattern)
• Displace warp
• Glow effect
• Time and date functions
• Timer functions
• Set directive
• Noise pigment