POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: Bug?: Radiosity and Transparent Object: Re: Bug?: Radiosity and Transparent Object

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From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 2 Aug 2004 16:05:02
Message: <cem6k1$abu$1@chho.imagico.de>

anson chu wrote:
> It seems a ray traced (from the camera) through the transparent object
> (entering and then exiting) and hitting a diffuse surface is treated
> differently than one that hits the surface directly when considering
> "radiosity".

Your max_trace_level simply is not high enough, radiosity rays increase 
the trace level like other rays and if they reach max_trace_level no 
more rays are sent.

Christoph

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