--- ray/src/rt/normal.c	1991/05/08 08:27:48	1.9
+++ ray/src/rt/normal.c	1991/06/13 13:58:18	1.11
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ register RAY  *r;
 	raytexture(r, m->omod);
 	nd.pdot = raynormal(nd.pnorm, r);	/* perturb normal */
 	multcolor(nd.mcolor, r->pcol);		/* modify material color */
-	r->rt = r->rot;				/* default ray length */
 	transtest = 0;
 						/* get specular component */
 	nd.rspec = m->oargs.farg[3];
@@ -202,8 +201,10 @@ register RAY  *r;
 					lr.rdir[i] = r->rdir[i] -
 							.75*r->pert[i];
 				normalize(lr.rdir);
-			} else
+			} else {
+				VCOPY(lr.rdir, r->rdir);
 				transtest = 2;
+			}
 			rayvalue(&lr);
 			scalecolor(lr.rcol, nd.tspec);
 			multcolor(lr.rcol, nd.mcolor);	/* modified by color */