On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 23:21:33 -0500, "TAlphaBravo"
<TAl### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

From the 3.1 manual, "Scene Description Language" -> "Media" ->
"Sampling parameters"

> For media types which interact with spotlights or cylinder lights,
> the intervals which are not illuminated by these light types are
> weighted differently than the illuminated intervals when
> distributing samples. The ratio keyword distributes intervals
> differently between lit and unlit areas. The default value of
> ratio 0.9 means that lit intervals get more samples than unlit
> intervals.

You have specified 'ratio 1' which specifies that, "there [are] many
samples being taken in the spotlight, but hardly any others along rays
that intersected it." Sounds familiar? :)

Lower ratio and if it fixes your problem, let me know so that I can
sleep well knowing I'm not just babbling. Or you can buy me a beer
(TAG member or not, Bulgaria is the quintessence of corruption) :))


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