Basically, the only customizations that need to be done is to edit the MEGAPOVRAY.INI file for your own personal perferences.
You will have to edit the Library_path section to point to where you have installed the MegaPOV-Ray include files of you will have to use the +L qualifier to point to the library path.
One thing that you have to be aware of is that all directory paths that you specify in the MEGAPOVRAY.INI file have to be in Unix format.
Example: The directory of DISK$WORK:[MEGAPOVRAY05] would translate to "/disk$work/megapovray05" in Unix format.
The MEGAPOVRAY.INI file can be found in the root of the MegaPOV-Ray distribution tree.
Check the POV-Ray documentation for more information on options for the MegaPOVRAY.INI file.
Note: By default the new features in MegaPOV-Ray are disabled by default. In order to enable the new features you must put the following:
#version unofficial MegaPOV 0.5;
at the top of your main image file as well as every include file, not just your main MegaPOV-Ray file in order to get the new features to work.
You have done the following:
Compiled MegaPOV-Ray v0.5 for OpenVMS as outlined in Building MegaPOV-Ray v0.5 for OpenVMS.
Customized the MEGAPOVRAY.INI file to suite your installation and needs as outlined in Customizing MegaPOV-Ray v0.5 for OpenVMS.
And now you want to test MegaPOV-Ray to make sure it works. Here's a test you can try.
Go to the [.SCENES.ADVANCED] directory under your MegaPOV-Ray distribution tree.
Enter one of the following commands depending on which version of MegaPOV-Ray for OpenVMS you compiled.
$ MEGAPOVRAY +I SKYVASE.POV +V1 -D +FT -X +A0.300 +R3 -Q9 -W640 -H480
-MV2.0 +B1000
OR
$ XMEGAPOVRAY +I SKYVASE.POV +V1 +D +FT -X +A0.300 +R3 -Q9 -W640 -H480
-MV2.0 +B1000
If all went well, you should have a Targa file called SKYVASE.TGA with your renedered image. If you used XMEGAPOVRAY you should be seeing the image render line by line and displayed in a seperate window.
You can test out the radiosity and photon features in MegaPOV-Ray by doing the following...
Go to the [.DEMO.RADIOSITY] directory under your MegaPOV-Ray distribution tree.
Enter one of the following commands depending on which version of MegaPOV-Ray for OpenVMS you compiled.
$ MEGAPOVRAY +I RADIANCE2.POV +V1 -D +FT -X +A0.300 +R3 -Q9 +QR -W640
-H480 -MV2.0 +B1000
OR
$ XMEGAPOVRAY +I RADIANCE2.POV +V1 +D +FT -X +A0.300 +R3 -Q9 +QR -W640
-H480 -MV2.0 +B1000
If all went well, you should have a Targa file called RADIANCE2.TGA with your renedered image. If you used XMEGAPOVRAY you should be seeing the image render line by line and displayed in a seperate window.
