POV-Ray [plugin] (updated: 2016/Aug/08)

[micheus]

I am wondering what "material emit" is being used in the plug-in preferences > Use material emit? It seems that the only time you want this enabled is when no lights have been added to the scene. Maybe this option should be labeled as something else???

programaticly talking:
"Use material Emit for POV-Ray Ambient" => use_emit_ambient
when exporting the finish property it will check for this setting and finish ambient will be used in accord

Code:

case use_emit_ambient of
    true -> ambient = material definition->emission
    false -> ambient = material definition->ambient
end

I don't know enough to say for sure... but wouldn't it be good to list "Emissive Filter" as "Ambient Emissive Filter" so that new users will know what to look for in the render options????

again, programaticly talking:
"Emissive Filter" => ambient
"Emissive power" => ambient_power

Code:

global_settings { ambient <  ambient *ambient_power >
... }

That's why I asked before (in some post above) if doesn't we calculate this value using the ambient lights added for a wings' scene (when present)? and as you, I also think that it would be named Ambient Light instead of Emissive Filter.