dbuck@ccs.carleton.ca (Dave Buck) (04/17/91)
I'd like to apologize for the delays and poor response I've been providing on DKBTrace updates. I've been extremely busy at work and I've had very little time to work on DKBTrace or to reply to mail messages (which are on a totally different system than the one I use at work). If you've sent me a message and I haven't replied to you, please be patient. I hope to clear the backlog this weekend. The current status of DKBTrace is this: I was just about to release version 2.10 officially on the weekend when I was informed that someone had added quartic surface support to DKB and that it was ready to include into version 2.10. This allows you to render torus' and other neat fourth-order surfaces. Unfortunately, the code suffers from some small accuracy problems and is somewhat slower than it could be. I'm currently trying to replace the quartic solving code, but I'm having a few problems making it work. If I don't get it working by Friday, I'll release it as is. Bottom line: Version 2.11 (the updated version of 2.10) should be ready and available late this weekend on all platforms I currently support (IBM, Amiga, UNIX) along with files for the Mac which I haven't tried but should work. This will be an official release. Once version 2.11 is released, I don't plan on doing any more work on DKBTrace myself. Instead, a group has been formed on CompuServe to take the program and build on it to create a program called STAR-Light. This program will remain freely distributable and will remain as portable as possible. Once the group has been started officially, I'll be providing the name of a contact there. I'm still trying to organize mailing lists, but it seems that someone else has beat me to the punch and started one already. I'll be providing more details in the official 2.11 announcement. Thanks for all your interest and support. It's been a fun project. David Buck dbuck@ccs.carleton.ca -- _____________________________________________________________________ | David Buck | My employer is not responsible for| | dbuck@ccs.carleton.ca | my opinions. I'm not even sure | | | I am. |