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6 Aug 2024 00:15:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: to litle precision ?  
From: ABX
Date: 8 Aug 2002 09:10:15
Message: <ntq4lu0f355l7he5l98imh85posqdsi6qp@4ax.com>
On 8 Aug 2002 09:01:03 -0400, "Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <raf### [at] raf256com> wrote:
> not 99e99999, not even 1e99 - just 1e6 - is it realy so much to simulate 
> sun light ?

You don't understand. There is accuracy 1e17! You have to sum floating point
position in both directions. Note that there can be also some inversion
invloved (1/something). I can show you even simpler examples from my
experience. Just use torus in front of orthographic camera.

http://news.povray.org/povray.beta-test.binaries/18705/
http://news.povray.org/povray.beta-test/18702/

ABX


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