POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Tuning radiosity? : Re: Tuning radiosity? Server Time
9 Aug 2024 11:24:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Tuning radiosity?  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 19 Feb 2005 02:10:02
Message: <cv6ohh$2ht$1@chho.imagico.de>
Xavier Manget wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> I'm learning how to use radiosity, so I've made a small image based on the
> classic Cornell Box (see below)
> 
> I've used rather high quality settings (I think), roughly based on
> Radiosity_OutdoorHQ in rad_def.inc . The render took more than 24h on my
> poor 750 MHz PC and though, I think there are still some radiosity artifacts
> on the image (especially between the toruses; also some kind of grainy
> effect).

That render time seems reasonable with such a scene and these settings. 
    You might try decreasing pretrace_end and low_error_count.  Also 
might try the 'randomize' option from MegaPOV.

Christoph

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