POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Looking to the Sun : Re: Looking to the Sun Server Time
1 Aug 2024 04:13:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Looking to the Sun  
From: Edouard
Date: 23 Mar 2009 07:45:00
Message: <web.49c77554aa0d6de0eba2273d0@news.povray.org>
"sooperFoX" <bon### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > Opps - add this global
> >
> > #declare rtod = (180 / pi);
>
> Is there any benefit to declaring that, over using the built-in degrees(rad)
> float function?

None at all - it was a quick hack, so was a bit of a mess... I'll try to find
the time to make some sort of proper lightprobe/lightdome/backplate loading
macros.

> Also I noticed that you included rotate and scale parameters, as well as a light
> intensity multiplier - all things that I was considering when I initially saw
> the words "light dome" - so thanks!

You're welcome, and thank-you in turn.

Cheers,
Edouard.


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