Hi Christoph, I just noticed that myself. I'll add the requisite files now.
Cheers, -- Jason On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Christoph Gohlke <cgoh...@uci.edu> wrote: > > > On 2/13/2012 11:27 AM, Jason Vertrees wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> It is my pleasure to announce the release of open source PyMOL >> v1.5.0.1. The source code has been committed to the open-source >> repository. It is revision 3976. An svn tag and downloadable bz2 >> source file were also created. All of this is accessible form the >> PyMOL project page on SourceForge >> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/). >> >> Before upgrading PyMOL -- please -- upgrade your video drivers! NVidia >> and AMD/ATI cards are known to work well. But, Intel Mobile and other >> low-end cards might have issues with the new rendering. The majority >> of rendering anomalies are fixed by simply upgrading your video >> drivers. >> >> You should be able to pull and build just like normal. You will need Python >> 2.7. >> >> Some simple testing on my Linux machine shows the following >> improvements in real-time rendering performance for a large protein >> (58,000 atom Gro-EL, PDB 1AON) with the new open-source PyMOL code: >> >> Lines: >> 240% increase (81 FPS to 270 FPS) >> Spheres: >> 864% increase (28 FPS to 270 FPS) >> Sticks: >> 2100% increase (8 FPS to 180 FPS) >> Cartoon: >> 3757% increase (27 to 270 FPS) >> Surface: >> 2600% increase (10 to 270 FPS) >> Mesh: >> 33% (180 FPS to 270 FPS) >> >> Your numbers will be different. This Linux machine has a powerful card >> used for development >> (http://www.amd.com/us/products/workstation/graphics/ati-firepro-3d/v8800/Pages/v8800.aspx). >> It was generously donated by AMD. If you use an AMD/ATI card and PyMOL >> works for you it's because AMD/ATI helped out. You may want to thank >> them. What I've seen is that the more powerful your card the greater >> the _difference_ in speed. That is, low-end cards should see >> improvements in the range of tens to hundreds of percent while more >> powerful cards should register improvements like mine, in the >> thousands of percent for some representations. >> >> To quickly test performance of the new code on your machine just load >> a large structure (eg. 1AON; 3R8O and 3R8T) and quickly >> rotate/translate it. To see the refresh rate, type "set >> show_frame_rate". The refresh rate shows up in the lower right hand >> corner. Compare the frame rate, smoothness, and rendering quality when >> the setting "use_shaders" is turned off and when it's turned on. >> Compare different representations, each time turning on and off the >> "use_shaders" setting. >> >> You can quickly update old PyMOL session files to the new rendering by >> clicking, Settings> Rendering> Modernize after loading the old >> session file. PyMOL will flip all the right settings to update >> rendering. If the new code doesn't render properly, you can revert to >> the old style rendering by typing: >> >> set use_shaders, 0 >> >> set sphere_mode, 0 >> >> >> Please let us know how it goes. >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- Jason, Blaine& the PyMOL Team >> > > That's good news! Thank you! > > It seems that several new files, which are included in the bz2 > distribution, are missing in svn trunk. For example > create_shadertext.py, modules\pymol\constants_palette.py and some files > in data\shaders. > > http://pymol.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pymol/trunk/pymol/ > > Christoph > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net -- Jason Vertrees, PhD PyMOL Product Manager Schrödinger, LLC (e) jason.vertr...@schrodinger.com (o) +1 (603) 374-7120 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
