While the beta3 seems to have mostly fixed the problem with
the scenes\interior\media\hollow1.pov and hollow2.pov, the latter
still shows a remarkable difference compared to pov3.6.
It's difficult to say what exactly is causing the difference, other
than that it is clearly somehow related to non-hollowness and media.
--
- Warp
From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: hollow2.pov, beta3
Date: 4 May 2005 20:49:55
Message: <42796db3$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> While the beta3 seems to have mostly fixed the problem with> the scenes\interior\media\hollow1.pov and hollow2.pov, the latter> still shows a remarkable difference compared to pov3.6.> It's difficult to say what exactly is causing the difference, other> than that it is clearly somehow related to non-hollowness and media.
bump the max_trace_level to 6 and it will work as expected.
as to why it needs the extra level, I'll have a look.
-- Chris
From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: hollow2.pov, beta3
Date: 4 May 2005 22:48:09
Message: <42798969$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> While the beta3 seems to have mostly fixed the problem with> the scenes\interior\media\hollow1.pov and hollow2.pov, the latter> still shows a remarkable difference compared to pov3.6.> It's difficult to say what exactly is causing the difference, other> than that it is clearly somehow related to non-hollowness and media.
the max_trace_level was an artifact of the way we handle that internally now;
it actually didn't need an extra level and was tracing more or less the same
number of rays. (you'll notice that it in general reports a trace level of
one higher than 3.6 for the same scene).
this has been fixed so hopefully it will act and report the same way now.
-- Chris
