"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message news:3b1f4cca@news.povray.org...
> Nekar Xenos <j-p### [at] citywalkcoza> wrote:
> : How are non-reflective objects don anyway? Does the ray just stop if it
doesn't
> : hit a light off the surface? Trying to imagine it, it almost seems like
> : ray-tracing with radiosity would be easier than without radiosity!
>
>   What do you mean easier? You think it's easier to send hundreds of rays
> to each direction and get illumination values from a spatial tree than
> just stopping?
>
>
 It's just easier imagining how things work in real life. Not easier to
impliment though  ;)

- Nekar
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