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30 Jul 2024 18:21:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: max_trace_level problem  
From: Warp
Date: 13 Nov 2001 03:41:31
Message: <3bf0dcbb@news.povray.org>
Fabien Mosen <fab### [at] skynetbe> wrote:
: Out of curiosity, what would you do, render-wise, with a limit of
: 30 000 ???  (or, if you want, even 300).

  Perhaps not 30000, but 300 and more could be necessary to render lots of
semi-transparent objects (eg. lens flares, "sprites" which form things like
flames, clouds, etc).
  If people would never need a max_trace_level higher than about 300, then
they wouldn't have found this limit.

-- 
#macro N(D,I)#if(I<6)cylinder{M()#local D[I]=div(D[I],104);M().5,2pigment{
rgb M()}}N(D,(D[I]>99?I:I+1))#end#end#macro M()<mod(D[I],13)-6,mod(div(D[I
],13),8)-3,10>#end blob{N(array[6]{11117333955,
7382340,3358,3900569407,970,4254934330},0)}//                     - Warp -


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