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1 Aug 2024 18:25:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: max_trace_level problem in 3.6.1  
From: Alain
Date: 6 Jul 2005 09:25:02
Message: <42cbdbae$1@news.povray.org>
Manuel Kasten nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-07-06 05:28:
> Slime wrote:
> 
>>> Adding adc_bailout 0 increases photon time
>>
>>
>>
>> Note I was talking about the *scene* adc_bailout, not the *photon*
>> adc_bailout. That is,
>>
>> global_settings {
>>     adc_bailout 0
>> }
> 
> 
> Yes, that's what I've done. I did a fast test to see if it helps the
> problem. (Smaller resolution, rendering only part of the image and
> decreased photon spacing). But adding global adc_bailout 0 makes photon
> time go up (btw. I canceled the test after 2 1/2 hour photon time,
> compared to 6sec without adc_bailout 0).
> 
> Manuel
Photons will use the global_settings value for adc_bailout unless another one is set
in the photons 
block. The same is true for the max_trace_level.

Alain


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