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11 Aug 2024 07:17:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: radiosity artefact?  
From: Bill Hails
Date: 11 Apr 2004 14:42:42
Message: <407991a2@news.povray.org>
Samuel Benge wrote:

> Bill Hails wrote:
> 
>> Anyone got any ideas what might be causing the unpleasant
>> black speckling on the stonework?
> 
> Bill, what is that shape made from? Is it a height_field? CSG?
> 
> If it's a height_field, I've had the same kind of artifacts even without
> radiosity. Try removing the 'smooth' keyword. I don't know if that will
> help or not, but it's worth a try.
> 
> If it's CSG, it might be a problem with coincident surfaces. Try
> translating one object just slightly. I can't see it being that, though.

Thanks, It's CSG, and the problem was just a coincident surface.
Sorry for wasting peoples time :-(

> Hope that helps~
> 
> -Samuel Benge

-- 
Bill Hails


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