Rafal 'Raf256' Maj wrote:
> 
> "Tim Nikias" <tim### [at] gmxde> wrote in news:3d804800@news.povray.org
> 
> > So, can either someone point me to a section in the docs
> > which I've overseen, or explain some more in detail how it
> > works?
> 
> basicly - using
> error 1 nearest 7 and count 30 gives smooth shadows but ignores detalis
> 
> error .5 nearest 8 and count 200 gives details but sometimes artefacts are
> visible
> 
> error .4 nearest 9 and count 1000 gives both details and smooth gradients
> 

No, you can't generalize what are good settings for radiosity.  This
enormously depends on scene geometry and textures.  I'd suggest trying the
parameters in 'rad_def.inc', they were designed to produce fairly fast and
often quite reasonable results and are a good starting point to test how
modifications improve things in an individual situation.

Christoph

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