"clipka" <ano### [at] anonymousorg> schreef in bericht 
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> maximum_reuse defaults to 0.2 - which was also the hard-coded value in 
> POV-Ray 3.6.
>
> In a nutshell, the parameter governs the maximum effective radius of 
> radiosity samples in just the very same way as minimum_reuse governs the 
> minimum effective radius; a value of 0.2, for instance, means that a 
> sample at X units distance from the camera will be re-used within a radius 
> of at most 0.2*X units.
>
> Obviously this parameter should be > minimum_reuse at all times. While 
> reducing the value will almost certainly increase rendering times, it 
> might be useful e.g. in cases where you have wide open spaces with a few 
> comparatively small objects, which the radiosity pretrace might tend to 
> miss otherwise.

Perfectly clear, Christoph. Thank you very much.

Thomas

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