TonyB discovered that it was max_trace_level causing the blotchiness, but
that might only affect scenes with reflection or refractions.

Josh

Oldstench wrote:

> Well here is one of my 1st radiosity tests, and I have a couple of
> questions....1st here is how I set my radiosity:
> radiosity {
>     brightness       3.3
>     count            400
>     distance_maximum 33.0
>     error_bound      0.4
>     gray_threshold   0.5
>     low_error_factor 0.8
>     minimum_reuse    0.015
>     nearest_count    6
>     recursion_limit  2
>   }
>
> Ok so...can anyone help me understand where the blotchiness alonng the
> underside of the tube might have come from....the bands along the
> second bend from the right are confusing me as well.
> The are two lightsources....a 7x7 (adaptive 4 jitter on) area light
> scaled by 4 towards the front right and just below the camera, and a
> spotlight placed above,  behind, and slightly left of the blue cube.
> Any ideas will be most welcome....Thanks - Oldstench

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