POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : lights is glass boxes : Re: lights is glass boxes Server Time
30 Jul 2024 10:16:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: lights is glass boxes  
From: Eitan Tal
Date: 13 Oct 1999 14:20:42
Message: <3804CD36.725353E@netvision.net.il>
Bob Hughes wrote:

> Not easy to see from this, not knowing exactly how it's set up.  Looks like
> 'max_trace_level' could need an increase for one thing.  Going to guess
> those are 'phong' hilights showing up though, making the lights appear on
> the inside surfaces of the boxes..
>
> Bob
>
> Roger Orchard <rog### [at] xstreamiscom> wrote in message
> news:3802e045@news.povray.org...
> > with a light source out side the boxes it looks OK.
> >
> > when I put the lights in the boxes I got spots of light is mid air.
> >
> > what am i doing wrong?
> >
> > here is one of my test models 16 boxes with a light in each of them.
> >

I think I know why, you need the box to have a space in it, and maybe
make a lighted (glow) object inside the glass box


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