POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : [bug] Very slow rendering : Re: [bug] Very slow rendering Server Time
31 Jul 2024 20:23:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: [bug] Very slow rendering  
From: Ben Chambers
Date: 30 Jan 2007 16:15:02
Message: <45bfb556$1@news.povray.org>
Charles C wrote:
> Ben Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
>> Usually such things are very position and angle dependent.  Shifting the
>> camera or object by a very small amount (enough to cause the object to
>> shift position by a fraction of a pixel, though) *could* eliminate this
>> effect.
>>
>> If you try this, does it change anything?
>>
>> ...Chambers
> 
> Yes...  I mentioned it in my original reply.  (See 2nd one on this thread.)
> A small change to the camera positon does change whether it stops or not.
> 
> 

Then it's almost definitely a Hall of Mirrors effect, and not a bug in 
POV-Ray.  Adjusting your max intersections and/or ADC bailout to speed 
the rendering through those sections.

...Chambers


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