Helios 0.1.2 for JDK 1.5

ryo — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:29:27 +0000

Due to a small patch on the included Sunflow binary now users with JDK 1.5 can also install the new 0.1.2 version of Helios. I think mainly Mac users will appreciate this as for Mac OS X there is only a developer preview available from JDK 1.6. You can download both a full bundle and an update version of Helios for JDK 1.5.

Version 0.1.2 released

ryo — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:31:49 +0000

The new 0.1.2 version of the distributed renderer is released. The main changes are the followings:

updated to Sunflow 0.7.3 checked out from SVN at 27.08.2007
updated to Java SE 1.6
added client.log output file and more detailed log messages.
added option to benchmark available services with the SciMark2 benchmark (Window->Benchmark Services).
added About dialog showing current version
added new Nimrod look and feel with editable theme
(client/config/nimrod.theme, http://personales.ya.com/nimrod/index.html)
added opening image
log shows not just the total number of rendered buckets per worker but the number of rendered buckets in the current rendering session

I released the new version in two bundles. In a full bundle with all the necessary files and in an update bundle that contains only the changed parts. If you have a previous version then download the update and write over the existing one with its content. This way only the binaries and the source will be updated, your config files remain intact.