On 2/28/2017 4:17 PM, Alain wrote:

>> Am 27.02.2017 um 16:21 schrieb Fudz4:
>>
>>> Thanks for the reply, yo said that photons are 'stored' at the
>>> location they
>>> land, is there a way to collect that data? I am tasked with using a
>>> machine
>>> learning algorithm to estimate the light density for example.
>>
>> There used to be a mechanism for saving photon data, for re-use in
>> subsequent renders. Search for "save_file" and "load_file" photon
>> settings.
>>
>> I'm afraid this mechanism is still dysfunctional in POV-Ray 3.7.x, so
>> you may have to fall back to 3.6 instead.
>>
>
> What do you mean by dysfunctional?
> I routinely use that feature and did not encouter any obvious isue.

yep .... i was thinking the same thing

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