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  Re: strange behavior, lightsource + lookslike + media  
From: clipka
Date: 29 Oct 2011 15:09:34
Message: <4eac4f6e$1@news.povray.org>
Am 29.10.2011 20:29, schrieb Alain:

>> To be honest, you just discovered a bug in 3.7.RC3 there. Apparently,
>> when a light source is translated, the looks_like object is translated
>> as well, but not its members (such as media).
>>
>> 3.6.2 does it right. Gotta fix this.
>
> I don't know if it's realy a bug, I like to call it an improvement.
> Anyway, as it is now, it makes it reasier to correctly place the
> looks_like at the same place as the light_source.

No, it's definitely a bug: If you create the light source at <0,0,0>, 
add a looks_like object, then finally translate the whole thing, then 
the looks_like object moves (same as per 3.6) - but its texture and 
media fails to move with it. That definitely does /not/ make things simpler.


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