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  Re: IRTC Space entry continued  
From: Nekar Xenos
Date: 27 Jan 2010 12:11:43
Message: <op.u67bdnr1ufxv4h@xena>
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:55:41 +0200, Jaime Vives Piqueres  

<jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:


>> A)The transparencies on the rings aren't right - I used discs. If you

>> look at the edge of the rings where it covers the planet's atmosphere
,  

>> it
>> doesn't fade even though the transmit value is 1. I've tried various
>> combinations of filter and transmit as well, but nothing seems to fix
  

>> it.
>> I've also tried a higher max_trace_level but it still didn't help. Ho
w
>> can I fix it?
>
>    Perhaps the problem is the rgb part of the pigment? I found that I 
get
> better fading when the totally-transparent map entry has the same rgb 
as  

> the
> preceding entry on the map.
>
I've tried that, but it didn't make a difference

>> B) The atmosphere looks right to me, but the planet's shadow seems to
o
>> sudden, resulting in a sharp line where the shadow on the see starts 
and
>>  the atmosphere overlaps. Any ideas on how to fix it?
>
>    That's the planet casting a shadow on the media? I don't know... bu
t  

> why
> it doesn't happens with the other planet atmosphere?
>

I see now the specular on the sea makes the line. If I remove the  

specular, it looks right.



-- 

-Nekar Xenos-
"The spoon is not real"


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