Op 25/11/2020 om 17:45 schreef Alain Martel:
> Le 2020-11-25 à 02:35, Thomas de Groot a écrit :
>> I think it is worthwhile to put Clipka's Voodoo from 2008 under the 
>> attention of the users again. :-)
>>
>> It probably should be done at regular, ten years or so, intervals.
>>
> 
> This is a very good explanation about how radiosity worked up to version 
> 3.6 and the early beta of version 3.7.
> 
> Several of the points mentioned have changed in the later betas and the 
> final release version.
> 
> The count value is no longer limited to 1600. The nearest_count can now 
> take two values. The ambient is always set to zero when radiosity is in 
> use. Introduction of the emission in the finish. Introduction of the 
> importance object parameter. And several more changes.

I have not followed closely all the changes since the Voodoo. It is 
probably worthwhile to get an overview of what has changed; I can then 
make update the Voodoo and turn out a new pdf-file.

I find it a big problem that all information is scattered over the years 
and the newsgroups. So much is lost and sometimes re-discovered several 
times. There is the Documentation of course which represents the basic 
foundation of POV-Ray, but the extra info and expertise of individual 
users is not or hardly brought together comprehensively. It takes time, 
energy, availability, understanding. Not always present together for us 
poor users! ;-)

-- 
Thomas

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