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From: Hugo Arnaut
Date: 18 Nov 2010 17:41:31
Message: <op.vmd1bomkq4w9ih@whitebishop>
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:07:31 -0200, Marco <rpo### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

>  So I'm making a free-floating clock (without face-background surface)  
> And I
> wanted to have the 4 big hour markers shine light to the centre of the  
> object,
> so I used point_at. But this yields this weird error:
>
> Parse Error: Keyword 'point_at' cannot be used with standard light  
> source.
>
> aI don't know how to solve this, so I'd like some help please.

You are using a point light; a point light source irradiates equally in  
all directions and therefore the point_at keyword makes no sense. Either  
remove the point_at statement or add the spotlight keyword before it.

Regards,
Hugo.
-- 
 From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.
That is the point that must be reached.
Franz Kafka


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