1.2. What's new
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## 1.2. What's new

### 1.2.1. MegaPOV 1.0 - 31 December 2002

MegaPOV 1.0 is a fresh start, based on the sources of POV-Ray™ 3.5. This means that not all features of MegaPOV 0.7 are implemented yet. Another consequence is that for several features the new syntax of POV-Ray™ 3.5 is now used. Here is a list of added features:

1. Features in MegaPOV 0.7 that didn't make it in POV-Ray™ 3.5, but which are back in MegaPOV 1.0;

   - Listed pattern (before solid pattern) (see Section 2.5.1)
   - Displace warp for patterns (see Section 2.5.2)
   - Glow (see Section 2.4.1)
   - Time and date functions (see Section 2.2.3.1)
   - Timer functions (see Section 2.2.3.2)
   - Set directive (see Section 2.2.1.1)
   - Noise_pigment (see Section 2.5.3)

2. PoPOV has joined MegaPOV.

   - Option `End_Row` with value `1` (see Section 2.1.2)
   - Bounding is used in inside tests (see Section 2.3.1.1)
   - Internal function `f_triangle` (see Section 2.2.4.1)
   - `sor_spline` type in splines (see Section 2.2.6.1)
   - Spline accessed like array (see Section 2.2.6.2)
   - UV mapping in `torus` object (see Section 2.3.7.1)
   - UV mapping in `parametric` object (see Section 2.3.2.1)

3. Additional tokens in function syntax (see Section 2.2.2.1)
4. Text object alignment (horizontal and vertical) (see Section 2.3.3.1)
5. Polynomial solver in parser (see Section 2.2.5)
6. Message control for `max_gradient` in `isosurface` (see Section 2.3.5.1)
7. Film exposure simulation (see Section 2.6.1)
8. `Frame_Step` feature (see Section 2.1.1)
9. Changed behavior of radiosity cache in animation (see Section 2.6.2.1)
10. The Clothray cloth simulation patch (see Section 2.3.4)
11. The Sim-POV mechanics simulation patch (see Section 2.6.3)

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