POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Shiny things! : Re: Shiny things! Server Time
31 Jul 2024 20:16:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Shiny things!  
From: nemesis
Date: 6 Sep 2009 11:10:00
Message: <web.4aa3cfa21f77a85f8196c560@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford <mraXXXiford.at.@g1023mail.com> wrote:
> Cousin Ricky wrote:
> > What's your max_trace_level?  I find that I need an insanely high value high
> > value for this sort of thing--at least 60 to 100 to get rid of the visibly dark
> > areas.  Sometimes tracing doesn't bail even after 256, although at this point it
> > doesn't make much visual impact.
> >
>
> 50 but yeah... it went all the way to 50. I'm trying it with 255 to see
> if there's a difference.

BTW, don't forget about the "precious" keyword adc_bailout.  Helps a lot with
too much refraction.  An Alain tip I never forget... :)


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