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  Re: Possible error in "Photon count" message.  
From: clipka
Date: 6 Jun 2010 13:33:09
Message: <4c0bdbd5$1@news.povray.org>
Am 06.06.2010 11:05, schrieb Yvo Smellenbergh:
> The "Photon count", especially noticeable when rendering benchmark.pov,
> is going up and down.
> Should it not only increment?
>
> You find this message at the bottom of the message window, the behavior
> is the same on Windows and Mac.

This happens whenever POV-Ray starts multiple photon shooting tasks: 
Each photon shooting task will report its own progress, and no 
consolidation is done whatsoever; instead, the progress bar will show 
the progress of whichever task sent the most recent status update.


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