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29 Jul 2024 12:24:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Radiosity Save/Load without re-pre-trace?  
From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Date: 22 Apr 2002 18:09:52
Message: <3cc48a2f@news.povray.org>
Hugo wrote:

> This should do it:
> 
> load_file "my_radiosity.rad"
> pretrace_start 1
> pretrace_end 1
> always_sample off
> 
> I only tried a few times, but it seems necessary to also input the same
> rad settings as used in the saved file, along with this.

  Only error_bound seems to be computed when loading rad files, from my 
experience. Using the same value seems the faster option. Using a lower 
value gives poor results but cleans artifacts.

  Hope this helps...

-- 
Jaime Vives Piqueres

La Persistencia de la Ignorancia
http://www.ignorancia.org


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