On 13-4-2013 1:56, s.day wrote:

> Oops.. sorry, I guess looking at the inside of the windows it shows radiosity
> effects, I think the shadows of the buildings on the road and to a certain
> extent the shadows on the walls in many areas look too consistent, I would
> expect them to darken a bit as they get into corners etc..

The radiosity settings are not optimal I think. For a high quality 
render of this street, they would have to be improved.

>
> I assume you have ambient_light set to zero in the scene? (looking at the
> darkness inside the windows would point to this being set I guess).

ambient_light is set at default. I fooled you! ;-) The inside of the 
windows is a surface with pigment {rgb <0,0,0>} as the inside of the 
houses are of no concern. In a later stage, most will get shutters 
and/or bars.

>
> Will look more closely before I comment again ;-)

No, please do! It helps me to look at coding details I may overlook.

Thomas

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