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  Re: MegaPOV support in next Moray version?  
From: TigerHawk
Date: 11 Jul 2000 15:59:35
Message: <396B7C66.94DFC076@stic.net>
Heh, well sorry for walking into it - I hadn't realized that many people asked
that question. But I don't understand exactly what you mean. A no_shadow flag,
sure, that's fine, but that's not the same as saying this light source IS
this. Perhaps you can clarify this for me?

Tim Soderstrom
TigerHawk

Jamie Davison wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:55:51 +0200, Lutz Kretzschmar wrote...
> > Hi TigerHawk, you recently wrote in moray.win:
> >
> > > Hmm...any idea on if the next ver of MoRay will support looks_like and
> > > skysphere? (Well, plus 3.5 features, heh)
> > Moray will probably never support looks_like, because it's simply a
> > group with the light and the object, where the object has the NoShadow
> > flag set.
>
> Maybe this should be put into Moray's docs in 24 point, bright red,
> underlined type, as it's something that seems to be asked here on a semi-
> regular basis...
>
> Personally, I'd like to be able to specify an area light as an area
> spotlight, in a possibly vain attempt to cut render times slightly...
> <grin>
>
> Bye for now,
>      Jamie.


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