POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Spill : Re: Spill Server Time
8 Aug 2024 14:24:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spill  
From: Orchid XP v2
Date: 14 Aug 2005 10:12:56
Message: <42ff5168$1@news.povray.org>
>> I have a vague feeling that "adaptive" only works properly for a power 
>> of two - anyone confirm/deny?
>>
> It's power of 2 PLUS 1 for optimum subdivisions. Adaptive 0 start at 
> 2*2, adaptive 1 at 3*3, adaptive 2 at 5*5, adaptive 3 at 9*9, adaptive 4 
> at 17*17...
> You should start at adaptive 0 and increase if you get artefacts.

Right. Glad we cleared that up...


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