1.3. Why is MegaPOV needed?
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## 1.3. Why is MegaPOV needed?

Some people may wonder why a MegaPOV version is still maintained when most MegaPOV features have been incorporated and improved in POV-Ray™ 3.5. Here are some reasons why:

- There are already several patched versions of POV-Ray™ 3.5;
- Many patched versions are only available for a specific platform;
- You often need to switch between patched versions for different features;
- The next update of POV-Ray™ will probably take some time;
- MegaPOV is a public test version. Features which prove to be popular and more or less bug free might get the attention of the POV-Team™ and make it into the next POV-Ray™.

So the MegaPOV-Team collects available patches, tries to merge them into one patch collection and makes it available for the most common platforms.

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