In article <3c82ea1f$1@news.povray.org>,
 "Chris Becker" <cmb### [at] ritedu> wrote:

> Alright, I've got some really neat looking clouds using the stacked planes
> method, but it only looks good at lower resolutions. So when I increase the
> resolution, I increase the number of layers. However, when I get to the
> point of over 100 or so layers, POV-Ray says: Too many nested refraction
> objects. I assume this has something to do with stack overflows from the
> recursion?

Planes only have one surface, so POV never exits a layer, and it sees 
all the layers as being nested. Use an object which the ray will 
eventually exit, like a box. The box will simulate two planes, halving 
the number of objects used for the clouds, and will be better bounded 
than planes.

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Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
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