POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Light Cones : Re: Light Cones Server Time
6 Aug 2024 10:28:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Light Cones  
From: Timothy R  Cook
Date: 28 Mar 2002 21:36:24
Message: <3CA3D327.77480C19@scifi-fantasy.com>
Christopher James Huff wrote:
> POV doesn't know the light is "on" the surface, so it can't just
> avoid that surface.

But the light (if we're talking about a point light) is a known
single point!  It's easy to test if it's on the surface!

-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.scifi-fantasy.com

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