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29 Jul 2024 10:24:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spotlights and media emission  
From: Alain
Date: 10 Feb 2006 16:31:06
Message: <43ed061a@news.povray.org>
Verm nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 09/02/2006 16:10:
> I'm having issues with spotlights and emmiting media where I get black 
> dots in the media with a spotlight.
> 
> If I comment out the spotlight line then it renders fine.
> 
> I was messing about with lightsys but eventually simplified the scene to 
> this. I don't really need a spotlight but was wondering if anyone could 
> cast any light on this?
> 
> -----------
> light_source{ y*30 color rgb 1
>   //comment out the following line to get it to render ok
>   spotlight radius 90 falloff 90 tightness 1 point_at y*-1
> 
> }
> 
> camera {
>   location  <0, 2, -2.0>
>   right     x*image_width/image_height
>   look_at 0
> }
> 
> plane {
>   y, -1
>   pigment { color rgb 0.5 }
> }
> 
> sphere {  0, 1
>    hollow
>    texture {
>       pigment { rgbt 1}
>       finish { ambient 0 diffuse 0  }
>    }
>    interior {
>       media {
>          intervals 3
>          emission 0.5
>          density { spherical }
>       }
>    }
> }
> -----------------
Just did a test render with and without the spotlight, and both are identical. NO
black dot at all. 
Using both 3.6 and 3.7 beta at resolution of 1024*768 and 1800*1800.

-- 
Alain
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