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  Re: WIP: 'Caged' (38kb)  
From: Coridon Henshaw
Date: 16 Mar 2002 02:46:54
Message: <Xns91D31C4C4384Acsbhccse@204.213.191.226>
"Kevin Ellis" <kev### [at] tiscalicouk> wrote in
news:3c926f5d@news.povray.org: 

> Ok well this is an early test of an idea I have. Not very interesting
> at the moment, much more to do.

It looks pretty good already, IMO.

> Also I can't seem to get fade_power, color and distance to work
> properly. The light doesn't seem to be fading in the water,
> fade_distance of 0.005 it is still transparent. Any hints as to what
> I'm missing?

If you're using photons, you will have run into (one of?) fade_color's 
undocumented pitfall(s): it doesn't work when photons are present.

Just use a constant type 1 scattering media instead.


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