2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/226854Amplitudes of bolometric light curves produced by 2D and 3D simulations are used to determine the corresponding visual amplitudes. They turn out to be about 10 times lower than typical amplitudes of superhumps. This means a major failure of the tidal model of superhumps.5 pages, submitted to "Acta Astronomica"Solar and Stellar Astrophysicstext