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29 Apr 2024 16:08:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: v3.7.1 beta 5-- light_group problem?  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 4 May 2017 02:44:17
Message: <590acdc1$1@news.povray.org>
On 4-5-2017 6:14, Kenneth wrote:
> Here's a really naive thought: Would it be possible to add an on-off switch to
> the current light_group implementation, to either allow the 'global' shadows
> (as-is), or to turn them off (for objects not in that light_group?)
>
> My thinking is this: Since a light_group's LIGHT is already restricted to only
> the group's objects, could the shadow calculations from the light also be
> restricted like that? If so, we could choose which behavior to use-- 'the best
> of both worlds', so to speak. And it wouldn't break backward compatibility.
>

My thoughts entirely.

-- 
Thomas


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