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  Re: From <1 second Rendertime to >1 hr just by adding AA 0.3  
From: clipka
Date: 4 Jan 2016 04:36:55
Message: <568a3d37@news.povray.org>
Am 04.01.2016 um 10:06 schrieb Norbert Kern:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> 
>> For some reason, POV-Ray 3.7 seems to grind to a halt -- possibly
>> because its handling of max_trace_level with regards to fully
>> transparent surfaces is different.
> 
> This explains many issues I've with old scenes.
> Please can you explain it a bit more in depth?

Transparency without refraction doesn't count towards the
max_trace_level anymore.

I begin to wonder whether that was a bad idea though.


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