In article <web.40ff6e0eb8c23e09fa53181f0@news.povray.org> , "arbitrary77"
<arb### [at] gmxnet> wrote:

> If there is fog, it attenuates the light
> coming from the light source, and as a result the shadow becomes a bit
> darker. This even happens if the object is completely transparent and
> hollow, resulting in a visible shadow when there should be none.
>
> IMHO this is a bug. If fog should attenuate light coming from a light
> source, it should happen for the whole scene, not just the shadows of
> transparent objects. Either that, or fog shouldn't affect light source rays
> at all.

I agree, this is and has been a bug for a long time.  Somehow there was
never enough interest to fix it for some odd reason as it always dropped off
the "to do for this version list"...

    Thorsten

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