POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Radiosity lighting again : Re: Radiosity lighting again Server Time
11 Aug 2024 09:22:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Radiosity lighting again  
From: Xplo Eristotle
Date: 31 Mar 2004 15:25:29
Message: <406b2939@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> 
> It looks that if I put "ambient_light rgb 0" in the global settings, 
> then set ambient to some high number in an individual finish, I don't 
> get the "glow" effect if I'm using radiosity. It looks like to get a 
> "lightbulb" doing radiosity, I have to edit all the textures I'm using 
> to add "ambient 0" to the texture, then leave global ambience at a 
> postitive number, and set "ambient 3" on the lightbulb itself?
> 
> Just trying to figure this one out... :-) Clues appriciated.

If you use "ambient_light rgb 0" in the global settings, it will have 
the effect of multiplying all your ambient finishes by 0. Feeling clued yet?

-Xplo


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