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  Re: Possible error in "Photon count" message.  
From: Yvo Smellenbergh
Date: 7 Jun 2010 11:02:54
Message: <1jjq7c6.tbij2o6pfcroN%yvo.s@cancel_This_gmx.net>
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

> Am 06.06.2010 11:05, schrieb Yvo Smellenbergh:
> > The "Photon count", especially noticeable when rendering benchmark.pov,
> > is going up and down.
> > Should it not only increment?
> >
> > You find this message at the bottom of the message window, the behavior
> > is the same on Windows and Mac.
> 
> This happens whenever POV-Ray starts multiple photon shooting tasks: 
> Each photon shooting task will report its own progress, and no 
> consolidation is done whatsoever; instead, the progress bar will show
> the progress of whichever task sent the most recent status update.

Thanks for the info.

yvo


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