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  Re: Motecarlo path tracing with MegaPov 1.2.1  
From: fidos
Date: 3 Feb 2008 12:25:00
Message: <web.47a5f7dcdcec6a9f232fb4930@news.povray.org>
>You dropped the main light_source, right?
Yes. Only objects with an ambiant term > 0 are the possible light sources in a
scene.

>But if I remeber correctly, I used about 5 for recursion_limit. Your front walls
>seem too dark, which lead me to wonder if there is too low bouncing steps going on...
You are right. The recursion limit for the montecarlo paths is 3. I think it is
equivalent to a value of 2 for the recursion_limit parameter.


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