README.md

MiniRT

A simple raytracer written in C

Normal · Bonus

Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Usage
• Bonus
• Contributing

About The Project

This project is a simple raytracer written in C. It is a part of the 42 school curriculum. The goal of this project is to learn about raytracing and to create a simple raytracer.

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

Prerequisites

• GCC
• Make
• MinilibX
• Libft

Installation

1. Clone the repo, with submodules (libft)

    git clone --recurse-submodules

• The submodules are needed to compile the project, if you forgot to clone with submodules, you can use the following command:

      git submodule update --init --recursive

  Also miniLibX is needed to compile the project, there is a builded version of the library in the repository, but if you want to build it yourself, you can use the following command:

      make -C minilibx

2. Compile the project

    make

Note: If you want to compile the project with the bonus, you can use the following command:

    make bonus

Usage

1. Run the program

    ./miniRT [scene_file]

Bonus

• Multithreading (using pthread)
• Normal mapping
• Camera switching
• Save the rendered image in a .bmp file
• Multiple light sources
• Multiple objects, with different materials
• Object own space (sphere, cylinder, plane), with transformations matrix

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