Am 28.05.2010 19:54, schrieb Jim Holsenback:
> Hola,
>
> Working on this section in docs:
>
http://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Reference_Section_3.2#Adjusting_Radiosity
>
> and came across something I'm not quite clear on. In particular the
> "maximum_reuse" entry ... 3rd line into that entry refers to
> "reuse_count" setting ... typo? (lifted this from change-log)

No typo - just multiple modifications to radiosity that ended up being 
submitted as a single change batch.

(1) "The maximum_reuse parameter now governs the maximum effective 
radius of a sample more directly."

This mod does indeed refer to the "maximum_reuse" setting.

(2) "When a new sample has been gathered after sample lookup returned 
insufficient samples, sample lookup is no longer run again; instead, the 
new sample is interpolated with the results of the earlier lookup."

This mod is an internal optimization.

(3) "The actual number of samples required to satisfy the reuse_count 
setting is now influenced by sample quality, with high-quality samples 
reducing the effective number of samples required (down to 1/4 of the 
parameter value in extreme cases) and low-quality samples increasing the 
number. Note that this may change the balance between speed and quality 
for some scenes."

This mod changes the effect of the "reuse_count" setting.

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