POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : Photon Problems : Re: Photon Problems Server Time
30 Jul 2024 18:15:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Photon Problems  
From: Nathan Kopp
Date: 10 Oct 2001 20:12:06
Message: <3bc4e3d6$1@news.povray.org>
"Slime" <noo### [at] hotmailcom> wrote...
> 1. trying to load a saved photon map containing media photons gives an
error
> saying the file can't be opened. This is inconsistent, though, so it might
> be due to memory problems.

Fixed for next beta.

> 2. Rendering the file makes the image strangely bright (close to white).
> This is strange, since rendering it without photons doesn't make it nearly
> that bright.

Still looking into it.

> 3. Uncommenting "no_shadow" in the third-to-last object in the scene makes
> the scene darker. I can't figure out why.

Photons + no_shadow has been "fixed".  I'll have to take a closer look at
this again.  These feature-interaction rules can get _very_ complicated.

-Nathan


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