caustic does not work in direct light

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I do not understand why the caustic does not work in direct light ...Оо
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Elvissuperstar007 wrote:I do not understand why the caustic does not work in direct light ...Оо
Because the direct lighting kernel only traces direct light. Caustics are indirect light and for those you need either the path tracing or the PMC kernel.

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