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v0.97 Preview Ready (With ART Ray Tracer!)

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Steve:
Flametiger74 - Please don't continue with this discussion in thes thread.  Post this to a new topic.  This thread simply anounces that v0.97 is available.  It is not for bug reports. 

cumesoftware:
Finally, raytracing!

Does it handle shadows of transparent objects as well?

Great improvement, by the way!

Steve:
No, shadows of transparent objects are still black.  That may be supported in an update but I still have a bit of code to write for it.

cumesoftware:
I have just one though. I don't agree with the term "dielectric". A dielectric material is any material has the ability to store opposite electrical charges. Most insulators like glass or polyester are dielectric.

Shouldn't the materials be called refractive? I can't associate the term "dielectric" with light.

RudySchneider:
Quote from Wikipedia entry for dielectric:

"Many phenomena in electronics, solid state and optical physics can be described using the underlying assumptions of the dielectric model"

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