cvar_t r_shadow_bouncegrid_lightradiusscale = {CVAR_SAVE, "r_shadow_bouncegrid_lightradiusscale", "10", "particles stop at this fraction of light radius (can be more than 1)"};
cvar_t r_shadow_bouncegrid_maxbounce = {CVAR_SAVE, "r_shadow_bouncegrid_maxbounce", "5", "maximum number of bounces for a particle (minimum is 1)"};
cvar_t r_shadow_bouncegrid_particlebounceintensity = {CVAR_SAVE, "r_shadow_bouncegrid_particlebounceintensity", "4", "amount of energy carried over after each bounce, this is a multiplier of texture color and the result is clamped to 1 or less, to prevent adding energy on each bounce"};
-cvar_t r_shadow_bouncegrid_particleintensity = {CVAR_SAVE, "r_shadow_bouncegrid_particleintensity", "2", "brightness of particles contributing to bouncegrid texture"};
+cvar_t r_shadow_bouncegrid_particleintensity = {CVAR_SAVE, "r_shadow_bouncegrid_particleintensity", "1", "brightness of particles contributing to bouncegrid texture"};
cvar_t r_shadow_bouncegrid_photons = {CVAR_SAVE, "r_shadow_bouncegrid_photons", "2000", "total photons to shoot per update, divided proportionately between lights"};
cvar_t r_shadow_bouncegrid_spacingx = {CVAR_SAVE, "r_shadow_bouncegrid_spacingx", "64", "unit size of bouncegrid pixel on X axis"};
cvar_t r_shadow_bouncegrid_spacingy = {CVAR_SAVE, "r_shadow_bouncegrid_spacingy", "64", "unit size of bouncegrid pixel on Y axis"};