I was just realizing what Sander was probably trying to tell me now.  Black at
the horizon because the render is so slow at that point it seems to stop.
To remedy this you could comment out the reflection line in the Sea texture.
Well, maybe remedy isn't the best word... more like speed things up a lot.  Less
than 2/3 the original render time.  The water will darken and lose some of it's
good looks but it is definitely faster.
Btw, I'm only talking about my changed scene not the original scene.

Bob

"Bob Hughes" <omn### [at] hotmailcom?subject=PoV-News:> wrote in message
news:38a9eefb@news.povray.org...
| It's slow to render no matter what you do, especially at the horizon.  I
almost
| put a note warning of that but neglected to do so.  I'd suggest you try no
| higher than 160x120 resolution at first and do not use AA.
| It shouldn't be blacked out except that the original scene, which is what it's
| set up to do, is much darker.
| I guess it's possible that the max_trace_level isn't set at the default if you
| were rendering the original scene too.  I only put the global_settings into
the
| section for my changed scene to be sure it has the default 5 set there, if any
| lower it begins to darken the ocean.
| Anyway, it sounds to me like you were rendering my scene anyhow so I can't
| imagine what would be wrong then as long as the max_trace_level is upward of 4
| or 5.  I just rendered both here again to make sure I didn't go wrong with the
| message posting and it is okay still.
| If all else fails I would like to see a tiny render of it (even a tiny 80x60
| should show okay) if you could send by email please.  It really shouldn't
render
| it wrong.
|
| Bob
|
| "Sander" <san### [at] stolscom> wrote in message news:38a9bc25@news.povray.org...
| | Bob, as soon as I have arrived at the sealevel (horizon), the rendering
| | becomes very slow and the sea is completely black. What do I do wrong?
| |
| | --
| | Regards,
| | Sander
| |
| |
| | Bob Hughes <omn### [at] hotmailcom?subject=PoV-News:> schreef in
| | berichtnieuws 38a99fad@news.povray.org...
| | > // Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V this message for fastest copy and paste
| | > // This scene needs Superpatch (or MegaPov) to render
| | > // Kevin Wampler kev### [at] tapestrytucsonazus
| | > // scene changes made by Bob Hughes inv### [at] aolcom
| | > // Beach and Water, Aug 14, 1999 and Feb 15, 2000
| | > // Note: bounded_by was changed to contained_by for the isosurfaces
| | >
| | > #version unofficial MegaPov 0.4;
| | >
| | > // 0 for the original scene, 1 for my changed scene.
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