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From: Rafał Maj
Date: 11 Jun 2007 13:04:03
Message: <466d8082@news.povray.org>

Mike the Elder <web.464df9a83f9f67649073c0250@news.povray.org> Friday, 18
May 2007 21:08

> those further away for which the amount of illumination contributed would
> be very small?
> Thanks in advance for replies.

I had simmilar idea back like... 3, 4 years ago :) Actually was one of my
first questions to news ever afair.

Light groups are not very comfortable to use, and stronger fade alone doesnt
give performence improvement.

Idea to ignore very distant lights would be nice IMHO.

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