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5 Aug 2024 08:20:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: large sphere odd behaviour  
From: Slime
Date: 21 Oct 2002 00:55:39
Message: <3db388cb$1@news.povray.org>
> I tried making a really huge sphere for some stars out in space, and if
the
> radius was too large, it would dissappear past a certain point. Anyone
know
> why?

Anything above 1*10^10 disappears. If it didn't work that way, there would
be floating point errors.

Try using a sky_sphere, or, if you're making a planet or something, decrease
the distance while simultaneously decreasing the radius by the same factor.

 - Slime
[ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]


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