Merge pull request #970 from RayTracing/revert-934-fix-uniform-sampling

Revert "Fix uniform sampling"

Author: trevordblack

books/RayTracingTheRestOfYourLife.html

@@ -1554,9 +1554,9 @@
 
 
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-            scattered = ray(rec.p, scatter_direction, r_in.time());
+            scattered = ray(rec.p, unit_vector(scatter_direction), r_in.time());
             alb = albedo->value(rec.u, rec.v, rec.p);
-            pdf = dot(rec.normal, unit_vector(scattered.direction())) / pi;
+            pdf = dot(rec.normal, scattered.direction()) / pi;
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             return true;
         }
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@
 reflected rays weighted by Lambertian, so $\cos(\theta_o)$, but we'll change the scattering PDF.
 Instead of having our scattering PDF perfectly match the Lambertian distribution  -- again --
 $\cos(\theta_o)$, we'll just use a uniform pdf about the hemisphere, $1/2\pi$. This will still
-converge to the correct answer, all we've done is change the PDF, but since the PDF is now less of a
+converge on the correct answer, all we've done is change the PDF, but since the PDF is now less of a
 perfect match for the real distribution, it will take longer to converge:
 
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@@ -1635,15 +1635,13 @@
         bool scatter(
             const ray& r_in, const hit_record& rec, color& alb, ray& scattered, double& pdf
         ) const override {
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-            auto scatter_direction = random_in_hemisphere(rec.normal);
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+            auto scatter_direction = rec.normal + random_unit_vector();
 
             // Catch degenerate scatter direction
             if (scatter_direction.near_zero())
                 scatter_direction = rec.normal;
 
-            scattered = ray(rec.p, scatter_direction, r_in.time());
+            scattered = ray(rec.p, unit_vector(scatter_direction), r_in.time());
             alb = albedo->value(rec.u, rec.v, rec.p);
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             pdf = 0.5 / pi;
@@ -1652,8 +1650,9 @@
         }
 
         double scattering_pdf(const ray& r_in, const hit_record& rec, const ray& scattered) const {
-            auto cosine = dot(rec.normal, unit_vector(scattered.direction()));
-            return cosine < 0 ? 0 : cosine/pi;
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+            return 0.5 / pi;
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C++
         }
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     [Listing [scatter-mod]: <kbd>[material.h]</kbd> Modified PDF]
@@ -1690,7 +1689,7 @@
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             auto scatter_direction = random_in_hemisphere(rec.normal);
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-            scattered = ray(rec.p, scatter_direction, r_in.time());
+            scattered = ray(rec.p, unit_vector(scatter_direction), r_in.time());
             alb = albedo->value(rec.u, rec.v, rec.p);
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             pdf = 0.5 / pi;