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29 Apr 2024 19:46:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: v3.7.1 beta 5-- light_group problem?  
From: Kenneth
Date: 4 May 2017 00:20:00
Message: <web.590aaa93cb5fff94883fb31c0@news.povray.org>
Here's a really naive thought: Would it be possible to add an on-off switch to
the current light_group implementation, to either allow the 'global' shadows
(as-is), or to turn them off (for objects not in that light_group?)

My thinking is this: Since a light_group's LIGHT is already restricted to only
the group's objects, could the shadow calculations from the light also be
restricted like that? If so, we could choose which behavior to use-- 'the best
of both worlds', so to speak. And it wouldn't break backward compatibility.


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