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1 Aug 2024 12:20:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Scene file compatibility issue  
From: Warp
Date: 28 Sep 2005 05:05:29
Message: <433a5cd9@news.povray.org>
Nathan Kopp <pov### [at] nkoppmailshellcom> wrote:
> The bicubic_patch was notorious for always being double-illuminated before
> this change was introduced.

  I think that mesh was even more notorious for this.

  There was a quite good reason, though: It elliminated this problem:
http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/SmoothTriangleArtifact/index.html

  When the implicit double-illumination was removed (in pov3.5, iirc),
this problem immediately surfaced. :P

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                                                          - Warp


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