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4 May 2024 11:52:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Two spotdarks  
From: Alain
Date: 20 Dec 2017 19:02:03
Message: <5a3af9fb$1@news.povray.org>
Le 17-12-20 à 07:34, Stephen a écrit :
> On 20/12/2017 12:08, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 19-12-2017 3:43, Stephen wrote:
>>> Two negative spotlights in a scene
>>
>> It is strangely disturbing, isn't it?
>>
> 
> How about this?
> I gave the one negative spotlight the shadowless keyword.
> I don't understand why it is behaving like a point light and not 
> projecting a cone of negative light. :-(
> 
> 
> 
It's a known isue. Any spotlight with the shadowless attribute become an 
ordinary light. I thing that the cylindrical light also display that 
problem.
Don't ask me why.

It should be noted that shadowless also disable highlights and photons 
shooting for that light. That is documented.


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