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    Blender Photonmapping Build
    Buildertravisdk
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    DateMar-20-09
    		 TypeExperimental
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    Updated 20/3-09:

    Patching manually leaves room for mistakes, so I tried once again and it seems that the "Photonmap" tab now stays visible all the time.
    For an error reporting build I suggest to wait for a version not manually patched.

     

     

    Based on the diff output from blendiac (http://www.mediafire.com/file/t1gt3csg2bw) I managed to make a win32 build of the photonmapping works of farsthary & broken.

     

    Cheers
    travisdk

     

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    Comments
    BenNO!
    Yesss !!!
    BenNO!
    Yesss !!!
    andycircus
    Thanks!
    Dennis F.
    >Yeah! THANK YOU! Will test it the next days!
    Huang
    How to use it?
    eon
    photon mapping? are you serius? downloading
    Nowherebrain
    I am rendering a black screen, where can I find instructions....
    BenNO!
    Yeah, me too. Only a black screen. only enabled GI in the rendering options and material Options (mirror transp.), but nothing happens...
    Nowherebrain
    seems the GI tab hides behind the render tab or something....I finaly got it to appear and then everything is self explanitory.....it's odd though how it is sometimes useable and sometimes hidden again(upon opening)....I will go post this on the tracker(if there is one)as soon as I can single out the cause.
    BenNO!
    Are there any instructions for using Photon mapping ?
    Thanks BenNO!
    Krizas
    Thanks a lot! GI panel is no longer behind the render panel.

    @ whose who a looking for instructions:
    following the link above there's a gzip archive with some example files in "test suite" folder. Also you can find many web pages on using photon mapping for different raytracers, basic priciples are the same.
    Bezel
    Excellent! Many thanks.
    Matt
    I can't seem to get this to work on windows. Everything is set up, I press render, and it just sits there saying 'Calculating Photons 0%' forever. I know photon mapping is slow, but it can't be that slow...

    Matt
    Matt
    Sorry, the message is "Shooting Diffuse Photons 0%" not calculating photons...
    Krizas
    Matt, have you tried rendering test files? Photon mapping is slower than simple raytracing, though it is still reasonably fast.

    I've experienced "Shooting Diffuse Photons 0%" problem when trying to use spot lamps. Using sun and spherical lamps everything is ok. Probably, spot lamps currently are not supported.
    Matt
    Thanks for that...Still just getting a black render though. Idon't have the sample files.Where can I get them? I tried the link above.

    Matt
    Matt
    Sorry...I got it.It is a tar file inside the archive.I had to rename it.

    Matt
    MAV
    Having the same problem with the windows build like Matt. Just saying "Shooting Diffuse Photons 0%" and freezes like that :(
    BenNO!
    Yes, me too ... "Shooting diffuse photons 0%" and nothing happens :-(
    ZIPPER
    ey dude plz use zip instead of rar or 7z compression format
    Rocky
    Finally, the photon mapping in Blender! I have been waiting years for this! Blender Internal renderer is becoming more and more powerful. The next step is... dispersion! Spectral rendering, physically correct materials... But one thing at a time, keep the good work.
    Rocky
    Finally, the photon mapping in Blender! I have been waiting years for this! Blender Internal renderer is becoming more and more powerful. The next step is... dispersion! Spectral rendering, physically correct materials... But one thing at a time, keep the good work.

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