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30 Apr 2024 10:24:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: radiosity brightness-- subtle problem at low values  
From: Alain
Date: 13 Mar 2018 16:57:41
Message: <5aa83b45@news.povray.org>
Le 18-03-13 à 15:12, Kenneth a écrit :
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>>
>> Having had a closer look at the whole shebang, there aren't any local
>> effects to this: There is just a bug that will kick in whenever
>>
>>      (brightness/2)^(DEPTH+1) <= adc_bailout
>>
>> where DEPTH ranges from 0 to (recursion_limit-1).
>>
>> (Note that radiosity adc_bailout defaults to 0.01, not 1/128 as you
>> previously claimed.)
>>
> 
> Yep, just saw that in the docs.
> Sorry for the confusion;  I was recalling the 1/128 value from *something* in
> v3.6.x days-- obviously not adc_bailout though. (Actually, I had forgotten that
> radiosity has its own adc_bailout; I was earlier referring to the
> global_settings value. Which isn't 1/128 either, but 1/255!)
> 
> So, from the equation... using the .020 'threshold' and DEPTH of 0,
> 
> (.020/2)^(1) <= .01   or, .01 <= .01
> 
> .... which is where the problem occurs.
> 
> I guess the safest bet right now is: Don't set rad 'brightness ' below .021!
> Which nobody would normally do anyway ;-)
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to do such a deep analysis.
> 
> 

If you *realy* want to set brightness that low, then you can dodge the 
bug by setting the radiosity's adc_bailout to something smaller than the 
default, like 1/128, 1/256 or less.


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