POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : help/queston about df3 media : Re: help/queston about df3 media Server Time
2 Aug 2024 14:18:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: help/queston about df3 media  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 5 Oct 2004 03:25:02
Message: <cjthvu$1j8$2@chho.imagico.de>
Andrew Clinton wrote:
> 
> From what I can tell, the reason is because it is outrageously slow. 
> POV-Ray does not try to optimize containers with multiple media or density
> into a bounding hierarchy, so it will be linearly slower as you increase
> the number of contained media.

I am not talking about multiple media and density, i just suggested to 
use a repetitive pattern.  It will not be significantly slower (apart 
from the fact that a larger media container will of course slow down the 
calculations depending on the media settings.

Christoph

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