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19 Aug 2024 22:13:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: radiosity inside ! (WIP, Test, Comparative, 15k)  
From: Nathan Kopp
Date: 12 Nov 2000 01:55:21
Message: <3a0e3ed9$1@news.povray.org>
"Chris Huff" <chr### [at] maccom> wrote...
> Paul Blaszczyk  <3d### [at] alpharayde> wrote:
>
> > it is right, that the maximum of recursion_limit is 6?? I've rendered
> > a test-scene with several values for recursion_limit...after 6 all
> > rendering times (also at 100 and 150) were the same as at 6.
>
> I think that sampling stops when it gets to the point that additional
> samples won't make much difference. It could be that with your settings,
> recursion levels beyond 6 would make such a small contribution that they
> are dropped. Something like the ADC settings.

Yes.  There is an ADC bailout setting specifically for radiosity (separate
from the usual ADC bailout setting).  See the MegaPov docs for more info.

-Nathan


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