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Interface
Shadows group
Enable When on, the mental ray renderer renders shadows. When off, no
shadows are rendered. Default=on.
When Enable is off, the other shadow controls are unavailable.
Mode The shadow mode can be Simple, Sort, or Segments. Default=Simple.
■ Simple Causes the mental ray renderer to call shadow shaders in a random
order.
■ Sort Causes the mental ray renderer to call shadow shaders in order,
from the object to the light. Sort applies to third-party, external shadow
shaders on page 7925 .
■ Segments Causes the mental ray renderer to call shadow shaders in order
along the light ray from the volume shaders to the segments of the light
ray between the object and the light.
TIP Choose Simple for regular shadows, Segments for volume shadows.
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