thilian nous apporta ses lumieres ainsi en ce 17/08/2004 05:02... :

> hi every
>
> i am trying to make a scene with a fishbowl, and have som problems 
> with it. i have a csg real fishbowl shape with absorbing media to make 
> it visible, and a water shape, that also uses absorption to color it 
> blue. if i render them separately they behave normaly, but if i place 
> the water inside the bowl, it loses its color and becomes a dark grey 
> mass.
> is it a known limitation of povray, or should i keep on trying. and if 
> it is a limitation, what could i use instead?
>
> thanx
>
> thilian

When you put them together, you have more surfaces: set max_trace_level 
at least to 7.
That's 2 for the water, 4 for the fishbowl and 1 for the background.
By the way: water is not blue, it's colourless. The blue associated with 
water comes from the sky's reflection.

Alain

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