Subject: Re: Light intensity falloff with LARGE objects...
From: Ernie Wright <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 01:42:46 -0500

Adam Chrystie wrote:

> I made a scene with some large objects..The objects are 1km and above..
> the largest is 5km long.
> ... my lights ... set an intensity falloff of 1%!!...HEY! ...

Falloff is in units of percent per meter.  At 1% the radius of the light
"sphere" is 100 meters, or 1/50th the size of your largest object, and
probably a much smaller fraction of the size of your scene.

- Ernie