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Hey is anyone here good at Pov-Ray. Im using the Mcm.pov file and im not happy with the quality the shadows are comming out. I know theres gotta be a way to fix this. They come out all bumpy. If anyone can give me pointers/tips, i would greatly accept them. thanks

maybe blur the shadows ?

There are a couple of things you can do but you need to use a smoother dispmap.  There used to be a smooth command in PovRay and now it doesn't like the command that we used to use.   

Your options:

1.  Increase your dispmap to be about the same size as your texture.
2.  Blur that dispmap.  Don't blur the one that you will use in Dillo but a copy of it.
3.  Use a white texture.  You will then end up with a shadow map.  Blur that and add it as a layer to your texture.  You can then use the Multiply option on that layer to get your shadows.  You will need to brighten your textures some to get the same effect. 

Bruce

kool thanks for the info will try it out soon