RayTrace Files

Thank you for Choosing RayTrace

Make sure you have Sun's Java2 version 1.3 installed on your
computer. RayTrace has not been tested on any other java
compiler. To get the latest version of Java checkout sun's
web site:

http://java.sun.com

To run RayTrace simply type:

java -jar RayTrace.jar

Some sample .bmp files and scene files (.db) are included
in the jar file. To extract all of the files in the jar file
type:

jar xf RayTrace.jar

All of the code as well as code documentation is in the
html files included in the jar file.


RayTrace version 1, Copyright (C) 2001 Matthew Courtney
RayTrace comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
see gpl.html.  This is free software, and you are welcome
to redistribute it under certain conditions; see gpl.html
for details.

If you have any comments or suggestions please write to the
author at mcourtne199@yahoo.com.

I'm interested in keeping track of how many people are using
RayTrace. Please e-mail me at mcourtne199@yahoo.com with your
version number of RayTrace and any comments or suggestions.
In return I will notify you of any changes or updates.

Currently known bugs:

  -Only one light source allowed in a scene.
  -Gui doesn't display the scene exactly the same way the final
   ray traced image looks. Objects further back in a scene look
   bigger in the gui than they do in the final image.
  -Some bmp files created by RayTrace have errors in them that
   keep them from being opened in certain programs.