POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Bug in concentric spheres : Re: Bug in concentric spheres Server Time
19 Nov 2024 22:21:17 EST (-0500)
  Re: Bug in concentric spheres  
From: Ken
Date: 15 Dec 2001 10:34:24
Message: <3C1B6E2E.A89A7CED@pacbell.net>
Sampo Niskanen wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> I think I have found a bug in POVRay. I'm trying to make several
> concentric spheres which are all completely transparent, but which have a
> reflection. If I make three or more transparent objects inside one
> another, the inmost ones will be rendered totally black.

> I'm sorry if this is a known bug/feature, but I couldn't find any info
> about it. If there's a way around this, I'd be grateful if you could tell
> me how to do it. (It's for a project of mine which is in a bit of a
> hurry.)

See the following for an explaination and an easy fix -
http://www.students.tut.fi/~warp/povVFAQ/languageVFAQ.html#maxtracelevel

-- 
Ken Tyler


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