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> I dissagree, I usualy use 4-5. It is very important in some scenes - for
> quick example imagin a maze with a light source far away, but with very
> white walls like rgb .9 diffuse .9

Of course, you can build a scene so that it requires a high level of
recursivity, just like you can build a scene that requires max_trace_level
256 or any other feature set at its maximum level. But it still doesn't make
sense for scenes that won't use it.

> using adc_bailout 1/128 will prevent "overkill" :) and it is not broken.
You're right (and Warp is right too), it's the adc_bailout in reflection and
refraction that's broken (it's in a p.general thread of 12/3/2003 but I
couldn't find it yesterday).

In any case, I'd certainly be interested in demo scenes that would
demonstrate the use of high recursion levels associated with variable values
of adc_bailout, while keeping reasonable render times and quality.

G.

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