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2 May 2024 13:01:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray: Photons: save_file: Continue?  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 26 Jan 2008 18:43:03
Message: <479bc587@news.povray.org>
Sven Littkowski escribió:
> Since around 3 days, POV-Ray (Windows version) rendered a file with photons. 
> I used the option "save_file "HeliChopper 02 Gray Fleet on Ground.ptn". 
> Since those 3 days, POV creates the photon map. Now I had a power cut, and 
> would like to know, if there is an option to continue the photon map file 
> building, where it stopped, similar to the "+c" option for the raytracing 
> itself.
> 

The file is saved only when the whole photon shooting finishes. If you 
have a file on disk, then it's complete (unless the power cut was while 
the file was being written, unlikely).


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