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  Re: Linux Binary 3.6 - adding photons{} block makes scene go 100% black?  
From: Stefan Viljoen
Date: 2 Nov 2009 02:11:30
Message: <4aee8622@news.povray.org>
clipka wrote:

> Stefan Viljoen schrieb:
> 
>> I've traced this to the following...
>> 
>> I have a blob in the scene, and this has some transparency in its
>> textures:
> 
> Heh - wait! That sounds familiar. I guess it's related to this issue:
> 
> http://bugs.povray.org/task/53
> 
> At present it's still unsolved; as a workaround, try adding a texture to
> the blob as a whole (in addition to the individual components), giving
> it some slight transparency. If it's the same underlying cause, that
> should do the job.

Oh, what a relief!

Thanks, at least now I know it's not the usual cause of
operator-induced-stupidity that caused the problem.

Thanks for the reply!

:)
-- 
Stefan Viljoen


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