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31 Jul 2024 04:22:35 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 'Limited' light_source?  
From: Mark Birch
Date: 8 Oct 2007 00:30:01
Message: <web.4709b1a744fef6fe4daddc090@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> http://povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/320/
>
>   (Btw, are you sure shadow testing is done for fading lights regarldess
> of distance?)
>
> --
>                                                           - Warp

Not 100% sure, but 99% sure.

Even with fading applied, the light strength will never actually reach zero
regardless of the distance from the light source.  Which leaves only an
imposed threshold like ADC bailout to omit any lights from the scene.

From the documentation, it appears that ADC bailout is only applied to
reflections & refractions.


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