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29 Jul 2024 20:25:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Strange bug in heightfield  
From: Warp
Date: 6 Feb 2002 21:08:20
Message: <3c61e194@news.povray.org>
The reason for this artifact is clear now (I have discussed it in
povray.beta-test).
  It's not a bug per se (ie. a programming mistake), but just a deficiency
in some special cases in smooth heightfields and meshes. It's probably too
difficult to fix in 3.5 and better left to 4.

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -


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