"Mike" <win### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
news:web.49b5eb09eed67712cb45af7a0@news.povray.org...
> Hi.
> I have been running an egg crate pattern of two different IOR regions 
> unioned
> together.  It seems to nearly work, but it seems to max out the trace 
> level
> "256/256" when I up the frequency of the pattern.  This probably makes 
> sense
> since there will be more internal reflections depending on the freq. of my
> pattern.  But, is there anyway to increase the max_trace_level to a value
> larger than 256? Maybe there is a patch/hack of the source code?
> Also, I notice that sometimes when the max trace level gets blown out I 
> get
> either a white or black spot.  I would prefer black, can I choose; what 
> does
> the difference correspond to?

I'm not absolutely sure, but I believe it gets the background color.

cu!
-- 
#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*C/50#end#macro _(b,e,k,l)#local C=0;#while(C<50)
sphere{G(b,e)+3*z.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1;
#end#end _(y-x,y,x,x+y)_(y,-x-y,x+y,y)_(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)_(-y,y,y+z,x+y)
_(0x+y.5+y/2x)_(0x-y.5+y/2x)            // ZK http://www.povplace.com

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