2.6.1  Noise Changes

The noise function used in POV-Ray 3.1 results in "plateaus" which sometimes leads to unwanted results. Therefore two alternative noise generators have been introduced, controlled with the noise_generator keyword. Adding

  noise_generator TYPE

to global_settings{} specifies the desired noise function globally, or you can use the same keyword after any pattern to select a noise generator just for a single case. The default generator is type 2

You can choose noise_generator 1, which behaves like the noise in POV-Ray 3.1 and earlier, or noise_generator 2, which is a version of type 1 squeezed down into a smaller range to prevent the plateaus. The generator type 3 is a completely new Perlin noise function.