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20 Nov 2024 08:28:44 EST (-0500)
  Re: Radiosity question  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 4 Oct 2001 10:32:49
Message: <3BBC73E1.92DBC8AB@gmx.de>
Tom Melly wrote:
> 
> I seem to get smoother results with a high error_bound - is this normal? With
> low error_bound it looks as though invisible three-legged salamanders are
> shining torches at my walls....
> 
> Radiosity settings are (this error_bound is okay, 0.4 is blotchy):
> 
> radiosity{count 500 error_bound 0.99 recursion_limit 1 brightness 1 normal true}
> ambient_light 0.01
> 

That's perfectly normal, if you decrease error_bound you will usually have
to use higher count to get equally smooth results.

Christoph

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