rays from the OSL shader. The "shade" parameter is not supported currently, but
attributes can be retrieved from the object that was hit using the
getmessage("trace", ..) function.
As mentioned in the OSL specification, this function can't be used instead of
lighting, the main purpose is to allow shaders to "probe" nearby geometry, for
example to apply a projected texture that can be blocked by geometry, apply
more “wear” to exposed geometry, or make other ambient occlusion-like effects.
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Cycles/Nodes/OSL#Trace
Example .blend and render:
http://www.pasteall.org/blend/17347http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=40066
Fixes for API changes in OSL RendererServices:
* Added two new required get_matrix methods, from OSL RendererServices (otherwise the constructor fails). The two new matrix methods probably still need an implementation.
* Removed deprecated "get_pointcloud_attr_query" and "pointcloud". There are two new routines for pointclouds, function headers for those are there.
* Removed the (unused) PARTIO code parts from OSL. It was marked as not tested / not working, and due to the api changes here broken for sure. Code is still in svn history if needed.