POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Mirrahs : Re: Mirrahs Server Time
17 Aug 2024 16:12:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Mirrahs  
From: Bob H 
Date: 16 Sep 2001 03:18:39
Message: <3ba4524f@news.povray.org>
"Mahalis" <don### [at] fakeycom> wrote in message
news:3ba3ebbe$1@news.povray.org...
> Really? It seemed to me I was getting white mirrors after a few iterations
> (I used reflection 0.975).

That happens because diffuse 0.6, being the default anyway, will saturate
with the mirror pigment after a few bounces of rays.

Bob H.

> "Josh English" <eng### [at] spiritonecom> wrote in message
> news:3BA39328.BC5F8772@spiritone.com...
> > Mahalis wrote:
> >
> > > Just wanted to see if POV 3.1 could do the near-endless reflection
thing
> > > between two mirrors...
> >
> > You can, but you need to bump max-trace-level up quite a bit, otherwise
> you
> > get black mirrors after a few iterations.


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