POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Spotlights and shadowless : Re: Spotlights and shadowless Server Time
6 Aug 2024 00:17:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spotlights and shadowless  
From: Warp
Date: 14 Jul 2002 11:36:49
Message: <3d319a90@news.povray.org>
Paragon <use### [at] hostcom> wrote:
> Is there any way to have a spot light not cast shadows but still cast light
> like...well...a spotlight?

  I have complained about this in the past, but for no avail... It seems
to be something inherited from a very early version of povray, and no-one
has changed it since then.
  However, probably projected_through will help, even thought it might be
slightly slower than a pure spotlight.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -


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