Paul Blaszczyk <3d### [at] alpharayde> wrote...
> Hi,
>
> it is able to save the precalculated patches (in memory/HD) of the
> "standard"-radiosity of povray?? (like save_file/load_file of UV-POV).
> This would be very useful for e.g. walkthroughts.
> Can someone code this feature??  :)
>

There is no 'standard' radiosity (solution found through a system of linear
equations) in POV.  The results from the indirect lighting solution that
POV-Ray uses could be saved.  However, the creation of this data is very
view-dependent, so saving and re-using it may not work well.  There may be a
way to create view-independent data, or there may be a way to re-use the
view-dependent data appropriately (generate new data when necessary and
discard old unused data).  Either of these solutions would difficult, mostly
because nobody here really knows exactly how the radiosity code in POV-Ray
works.

-Nathan

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