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31 Jul 2024 04:23:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Isosurface planet: strange artifacts!  
From: Alain
Date: 8 May 2010 16:21:11
Message: <4be5c7b7$1@news.povray.org>

> High!
>

> patterns (see attached image) on the surface looking like coincident
> surfaces - but that cannot be the case as I used only one isosurface.
>
> Then I tried different max_trace_level values (3, 20 and 100), but the
> result remained the same. It is also not because of some interaction
> with the media, as I commented out the atmosphere shell, I still got

>
> Could the small dimensions of the landscape (1 POV unit = 1 km, the
> camera sits only 1.7 metres above the surce) be the cause?
>
> See you in Khyberspace!
>
> Yadgar
>
> Now playing: Saint (Elton John)

Looks like floating point precision noise to me.


Alain


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