Help with YafRay settings

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Can someone help me with these YafRay questions?

  1. AA passes just divide the rendering passes or does more passes? (like is 4 AA passes better quality than 1 AA pass?)

  2. Can I have run over the quality settings on the XML file?

  3. How do I add a path light on the XML file?

  4. How do I add photon lights and caustics on the XML file?

Thanks!

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It does more passes, it is sort of like adaptive anti-aliasing, only sampling those pixels that actually need it.

  1. Can I have run over the quality settings on the XML file?

No sure what you mean with that…

  1. How do I add a path light on the XML file?

You don’t need to, just use the “Full” option of the GI menu, that is done with a pathlight.

  1. How do I add photon lights and caustics on the XML file?

If you mean actual photonlights, then by opening the xml file with a text editor and adding some lines… :wink:
See the yafray documentation for examples.

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With "Can I have run over the quality settings on the XML file? ", I meant:
What are all the quality options in the XML file.

How does the Path light works? Does it come from any specific position in the 3D world, or from the GI hemisphere?

Thanks for the answers, eeshlo!