clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Reactor schrieb:
> >
> > Goodness, that's after 1 day??  If I were you, I would reduce the count and
> > error bound, and increase the pretrace start.  I'd try something more like:
>
> No, if you were me, then you wouldn't :-P
>
> A high count is vital, as the light coming through the keyhole otherwise
> creates a "disco ball" effect, i.e. bright splotches scattered across
> the room, and the light from the slightly opened door would form streaks
> on the ground. Been there, seen that. Reducing the error_bound would not
> be sufficient to fix that (and create even more samples anyway, which
> not only means again more rays to shoot, but also more samples to look up).
>
> And increasing pretrace_start isn't likely to change a thing - not at
> these *_reuse settings, which mandate the sample density to roughly
> match pixel size (at a resolution of 1200x900 pixels).

Ah, I stand corrected.  But wouldn't reducing the error_bound reduce or prevent
bleed through?  Also... yikes on the rendering time.

-Reactor

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