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Sunflow Rendering System

17 points by dualogy 14y ago

cm-t 14y ago
http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/index.php http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/index.php => "April 11, 2007" ? http://sourceforge.net/projects/sunflow/files/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/sunflow/files/ =>2007-02-09 http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/phpbb2/ http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/phpbb2/ => Could not connect to the database
- Argorak 14y ago
  Last commit: 4 years ago. http://sunflow.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sunflow?view=revision&revision=396 http://sunflow.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sunflow?view=revis... https://github.com/fpsunflower/sunflow https://github.com/fpsunflower/sunflow This seems to be pretty much dead. Anyone knows what happened? The last commit message doesn't sound like they are closing shop. FWIW, there seem to be some forks and projects relying on it on github: https://github.com/search?langOverride=&q=sunflow&repo=&start_value=1&type=Repositories https://github.com/search?langOverride=&q=sunflow&re...
tintin 14y ago
Sunflow seems dead. Take a look at LuxRender. Source: http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/source_code http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/source_code [edit] also take a look at the forum: http://www.luxrender.net/forum/ http://www.luxrender.net/forum/ There are a lot of nice projects related to LuxRender. From exporters to GPU rendering.
- dualogy 14y ago
  Another good one, yeah. Basically I was just once again abusing HN as my personal bookmarking tool -- so that, when the time comes to learn from their open sources, I won't have a hard time remembering the name of the project. Wow, LuxRender really does look so promising. Probably I can really skip Sunflow and dive right into Lux. 4-5 years in graphics algorithms is an eternity, after all (which is both wonderful and annoying)...
  - Keyframe 14y ago
    Also worth noting is PBRT: https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v2 https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v2 which is described in a book by Matt Pharr: http://www.pbrt.org/ http://www.pbrt.org/ It's basically a modern textbook on the subject. Or, if you prefer GPU, check out Arauna: http://igad.nhtv.nl/~bikker/ http://igad.nhtv.nl/~bikker/
    - ldargin 14y ago
      LuxRender is a pbrt fork.
hastur 14y ago
Why would anyone write a 3d renderer in Java? Anything slower than C++ is unacceptable in this field.
- Fice 14y ago
  Java is not necessarily slower than C++. In some cases it could even be faster due to dynamic optimizations performed by JIT based on runtime profiling information. For example, JIT can directly link or even inline polymorphic calls automatically at runtime. Here is an overview of performance techniques used by the Java HotSpot VM: https://wikis.oracle.com/display/HotSpotInternals/PerformanceTechniques https://wikis.oracle.com/display/HotSpotInternals/Performanc...
kens 14y ago
A random rendering system that's been dead for four years makes it to the front page of HN? What's going on here?
cocoflunchy 14y ago
I've recently found this one too... it works but it's been dead for a while now. I used it with Structure Synth, which is an awesome generative modeler (http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/ http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/), kind of dead too... Does anyone know of a replacement?

17 points by dualogy 14y ago

cm-t 14y ago

http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/index.php http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/index.php => "April 11, 2007" ? http://sourceforge.net/projects/sunflow/files/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/sunflow/files/ =>2007-02-09 http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/phpbb2/ http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/phpbb2/ => Could not connect to the database

Argorak 14y ago
Last commit: 4 years ago. http://sunflow.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sunflow?view=revision&revision=396 http://sunflow.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sunflow?view=revis... https://github.com/fpsunflower/sunflow https://github.com/fpsunflower/sunflow This seems to be pretty much dead. Anyone knows what happened? The last commit message doesn't sound like they are closing shop. FWIW, there seem to be some forks and projects relying on it on github: https://github.com/search?langOverride=&q=sunflow&repo=&start_value=1&type=Repositories https://github.com/search?langOverride=&q=sunflow&re...

tintin 14y ago

Sunflow seems dead. Take a look at LuxRender. Source: http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/source_code http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/source_code [edit] also take a look at the forum: http://www.luxrender.net/forum/ http://www.luxrender.net/forum/ There are a lot of nice projects related to LuxRender. From exporters to GPU rendering.

dualogy 14y ago
Another good one, yeah. Basically I was just once again abusing HN as my personal bookmarking tool -- so that, when the time comes to learn from their open sources, I won't have a hard time remembering the name of the project. Wow, LuxRender really does look so promising. Probably I can really skip Sunflow and dive right into Lux. 4-5 years in graphics algorithms is an eternity, after all (which is both wonderful and annoying)...
- Keyframe 14y ago
  Also worth noting is PBRT: https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v2 https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v2 which is described in a book by Matt Pharr: http://www.pbrt.org/ http://www.pbrt.org/ It's basically a modern textbook on the subject. Or, if you prefer GPU, check out Arauna: http://igad.nhtv.nl/~bikker/ http://igad.nhtv.nl/~bikker/
  - ldargin 14y ago
    LuxRender is a pbrt fork.

hastur 14y ago

Why would anyone write a 3d renderer in Java? Anything slower than C++ is unacceptable in this field.

Fice 14y ago
Java is not necessarily slower than C++. In some cases it could even be faster due to dynamic optimizations performed by JIT based on runtime profiling information. For example, JIT can directly link or even inline polymorphic calls automatically at runtime. Here is an overview of performance techniques used by the Java HotSpot VM: https://wikis.oracle.com/display/HotSpotInternals/PerformanceTechniques https://wikis.oracle.com/display/HotSpotInternals/Performanc...

kens 14y ago

A random rendering system that's been dead for four years makes it to the front page of HN? What's going on here?

cocoflunchy 14y ago

I've recently found this one too... it works but it's been dead for a while now. I used it with Structure Synth, which is an awesome generative modeler (http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/ http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/), kind of dead too... Does anyone know of a replacement?