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1 Aug 2024 00:23:20 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Lights only in shadows?  
From: PM 2Ring
Date: 27 May 2006 14:15:01
Message: <web.447896b69215ab7e76ba2c900@news.povray.org>
"PM 2Ring" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "Chris B" <c_b### [at] btconnectcomnospam> wrote:

> > Why not just use a hemisphere for the lights. You can orient that in the
> > same way.
>
> That sounds simpler, Chris.

Although the texture_map method isn't really that much more difficult to
implement. Also, it doesn't require the use of intersection (which can slow
things down), and it allows a smooth transition between night and day.


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