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10/25/2002 - Version 0.1 beta 14:

• Support for 3DS files added (beta).
• Spot light added.

20/04/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 13:

• PocketPC version in synch (no 3ds file support).
• Ported to: Irix, Solaris, BeOS, AIX, HPUX and MacOS.
• Fisheye (spherical) projection added.
• Smooth shadows added.
• Light attenuation models added (no attenuation, and attenuation in 1/d).
• Fuzzy reflection added.

12/03/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 12:

• Bugs in ring and disc primitives fixed.
• Bugs in cone and cylibder primitives fixed.
• Parser enhanced (more checks on data range).

28/02/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 11:

• New threading mechanism with 2, 4 and 8 threads.
• Patch (smooth triangle) primitive added.
• Internal matrix support for later transformation (scale, rotate and translate).

27/02/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 10:

• Internal priority queue changed to render big scenes(>100000 objects).
• Multi-theading enhanced on WIN32 platform.

26/02/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 9:

• Ported to DEC Unix (alpha).
• Parser enhanced to avoid strict syntax.
• Plane primitive fixed to accept positive normal with negative distance.
• JPEG compression level added in parser (jpeg_quality) for platforms where JPEG is supported.

19/02/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 8:

• Parser enhanced for more flexible syntax.
• 'declare' directive for colors added to parser.
• 'include' directive added to parser.
• Enhanced multi-threading support.
• JPEG output file format added.
• Command-line switches added.

26/01/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 7:

• Parser changed for more flexible syntax.
• Ported to the pocketPC platform (Windows CE) for iPAQ.

23/01/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 6:

• Cone primitive added.
• Refraction bug fixed.
• Internal structure changed to include bounding slabs.

19/01/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 5:

• Refraction added (thanks to Stephane Marty).

17/01/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 4:

• Lots of bugs fixed.
• Multi-threading support added (WIN32 threads and pthreads) with two threads.
• Support for both threaded and non-threaded version.

05/01/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 3:

• Lots of bugs fixed.
• Ported to Linux glibc2 (RedHat 6.2).
• BMP and TGA support enhanced.
• Ouput file format added: PPM.

01/01/2001 - Version 0.1 beta 2:

• Lots of bugs fixed.
• Dynamic display added (slow and WIN32 only).
• Ouput file format added: TIFF.
• Rendering time calculation added.
• Depth of field effect added.
• Parser enhanced: bug fixes.
• Order of appearance for surfaces changed to assign the same texture to several objects.

25/04/2000 - Version 0.1 beta 1:

• Primitives supported: sphere, triangle, plane, polygon, ring.
• Output file format: BMP (buggy), TGA (buggy), PNG.
• Input file format: proprietary (primitive) stream-oriented scripting language.
• Lights supported: point.
• Effects: haze.
• Surface parameters: ambient, diffuse, brilliance, specular, roughness, reflection.
• Antialiasing: none, supersampling, adaptive. Each with or without jittering.
• WIN32 only (compiled on Windows NT 4 SP6 Intel and Alpha and Windows 2000 SP1).
• Camera: location, direction, up, right, at, viewAngleX, viewAngleY, viewAspect.