In article <3cc32765@news.povray.org> , "jkb" <joh### [at] hotmailcom> 
wrote:

> Hmm, apparantly I have misunderstood the use of global_lights.

Did you check the documentation and sample files?

> In further
> misunderstanding, though, even with global_lights on, the light causing the
> second shadow shouldn't interact with the ball, right?

Wrong, it should.  A light_group exists to allow additional lights to light
objects inside it.  Only light is considered, nothing is said about objects.

However, I agree that what you are suggesting is an interesting feature
request (that is, i.e. a "global_objects on/off" switch).  While it is too
late for POV-Ray 3.5 I will try to keep it in mind for a future version.

    Thorsten

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