> 1) Why using load_file and always_sample off the render time is still much
> slower than without radiosity?

The rad illumination still has to be calculated from the rad samples.

> 2) Shouldn't you get the same results in spite of the settings used? (When
> you're using load_file).

Maybe, but the 15 years I have been using computer software have thought
me to be conservative when assuming anything about how they work. I don't
even believe the manuals. I have to see it. My instinct tells me to use
the same settings :)

> 3) Why stopping and then resuming the render caused that discontinuity (with
> pretrace_start 1, pretrace_end 1, load_file and always_sample off this
> shoudn't occur)

Same reason as 1).


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Kari Kivisalo

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