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  Re: Can I set bounding threshold to 0 ???  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 5 Dec 2005 10:53:31
Message: <4394627b@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>>Reason is that I have an animation with no
>>objects in the 1st frame. Seems that POV doesn't switch bounding on in any
>>of the subsequent frames, causing it to render much slower.
 >
>   That doesn't sound like a desirable nor intended behaviour. It might
> be a bug worth reporting.

While not nice, this is indeed intended behavior in POV-Ray 3.6.x and 
earlier due to setup work being done once.  The solution is to have at least 
one object in the first frame.

This no longer is an issue in POV-Ray 3.7 (beta).

	Thorsten


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