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7 Aug 2024 09:26:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why would my object disappear?  
From: DJ Wiza
Date: 25 Apr 2006 06:30:09
Message: <444dfa31$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
> Try MegaPOV if you haven't already, I found that with the original POV I get 
> many bugs and sometimes parse errors when using splines and sphere sweeps. 
> MegaPOV seemed to fix it. Also I found replacing the sphere sweeps with 
> spheres connected by cylinders made render times much faster and without 
> much loss to quality (you should choose a good spacing for the spheres). 
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> 

I replaced the sphere sweeps with spheres/cylinders..

@#$%$!#$ WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS SOONER!?  My rendering time for my current 
set of tests has dropped from 4 minutes per frame to 4 SECONDS.

Now if only I could figure out why the track ties appear wrong at the 
beginning and end of the track...

-DJ


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