Okay.....maybe this is a different kind of question.

I took this texture definition, pretty much created the same thing
in Moray.  When I preview the texture, it looks fine.

But when I actually assign it to a sphere, or cone, or something,
it doesn't show up at all.

Any clues?

"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
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>   You can try with something like this:
>
> --------8<------------8<------------8<------------8<-----------8<-------
> // -w300 -h600 +a +kff50 +kc
>
> #include "functions.inc"
>
> camera { right x*30/60 location -z*7.5 look_at 0 angle 35 }
> light_source { <10,20,-30>, .5 }
>
> #declare TorchWood =
>   texture
>   { pigment
>     { wood color_map { [0 rgb <.7,.4,.2>][1 rgb <.9,.5,.3>] }
>       turbulence .5
>     }
>     normal
>     { wood 1
>       turbulence .5
>     }
>     finish { specular .2 }
>     scale <.1,1,.1>
>   }
>
> #declare SphericalF = function { pattern { spherical } }
> #declare NoiseF =
>   function
>   { (1-f_noise3d(x*5,y*5,z*5)*.9)*
>     (1-f_noise3d(x*15,y*15,z*15)*.4)
>   }
>
> #declare Torch =
>   union
>   { sphere
>     { 0,1.2 hollow scale <1,2,1> translate y
>       pigment { rgbt 1 }
>       interior
>       { media
>         { emission .5
>           density
>           { function
>             { SphericalF(x,y,z)*
>               (NoiseF(x,y-clock*3,z)*(1-clock) +
>                NoiseF(x,y-clock*3+3,z)*clock)
>             }
>             density_map
>             { [0 rgb 0]
>               [.2 rgb <.8,.4,0>]
>               [.21 rgb <1,1,.2>]
>               [.5 rgb <1,.9,.8>]
>               [1 rgb 1]
>             }
>           }
>         }
>         media
>         { emission .5
>           density
>           { function
>             { SphericalF(x,y,z)*
>               (NoiseF(x,y*2-clock*3,z)*(1-clock) +
>                NoiseF(x,y*2-clock*3+3,z)*clock)
>             }
>             density_map
>             { [0 rgb 0]
>               [1 rgb 1]
>             }
>           }
>           scale <1.2,2,1.2>
>           translate y*1.4
>         }
>       }
>       scale <1.5,3,1.5>
>       rotate z*-5
>       translate <.2,1.2,0>
>     }
>
>     cone { -y*4,.15, 0,.25 }
>     sphere { 0,.25 }
>     texture
>     { pigment_pattern
>       { gradient y color_map { [0 rgb 0][1 rgb 1] }
>         scale 4.25 translate -y*4
>       }
>       texture_map
>       { [.7 TorchWood]
>         [.8 pigment { rgb 0 }]
>         [.9 pigment { rgb x*.8 } finish { ambient 1 }]
>         [1 pigment { rgb <1,.2,.2> } finish { ambient 1 }]
>       }
>     }
>   }
>
> object { Torch translate -y*3 }
> --------8<------------8<------------8<------------8<-----------8<-------
>
> -- 
> plane{-x+y,-1pigment{bozo color_map{[0rgb x][1rgb x+y]}turbulence 1}}
> sphere{0,2pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission 1density{spherical
> density_map{[0rgb 0][.5rgb<1,.5>][1rgb 1]}turbulence.9}}}scale
> <1,1,3>hollow}text{ttf"timrom""Warp".1,0translate<-1,-.1,2>}//  - Warp -

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