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4 Oct 2024 23:14:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: >1600 radiosity samples: right costheta distribution?  
From: Rafal 'Raf256' Maj
Date: 6 Jan 2003 06:24:21
Message: <Xns92FB7DFB8CF75raf256com@204.213.191.226>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in news:3e18c7a4@news.povray.org

>   I don't feel quite comfortable with the program taking so much memory
> just for a huge table.
>   Perhaps a better (and more memory-saving) method should be developed?

How about allowing only some fixed count numbers, like : 

1..50 increment by 1 - 1,2,3
50..100 inc by 10 - 50,60,70
100,300 inc by 20
300..1000 inc by 50
1000..5000 inc by 200


-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M


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