POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: Can POV be made to "ignore" lights beyond a certain distance?: Can POV be made to "ignore" lights beyond a certain distance?

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From: Mike the Elder
Date: 18 May 2007 15:10:01
Message: <web.464df9a83f9f67649073c0250@news.povray.org>

I'm working on a scene which I would eventually like to light with numerous
"torches" (point lights with fade_distance & fade_power).  Is there a way,
in order to speed up rendering, to cause illumination to be calculated only
for objects within a certain distance of the light source, ignoring those
further away for which the amount of illumination contributed would be very
small?

Thanks in advance for replies.

Regards,
Mike C.

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