MessyBlob wrote:
> "clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>> Unfortunately(?), the model on which the SSLT algorithm is based is no
t really
>> "volume aware": Basically all it does to compute the apparent color of
 a point
>> on the object's surface is sample the incident light at some other sur
face
>> points nearby, and then apply some smart math to it.
> 
> I was wondering how easy it would be to have the SSLT algorithm cope wi
th
> transitions from one SSLT object to another. This comes from the limita
tion that
> currently, any SSLT objects must be a single object (implicit function,
 blob,
> etc), and any CSG (or just one object seemlessly abutting another) caus
es the
> SSLT algorithm to register shadow for the surface that is hidden.
> 
	Isn't that more or less the kind of issues that "merge" is meant to
address? I.e if you use "merge" instead of "union", don't the extra
shadows disappear?

		Jerome
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