Negative Displacement Problems

Started by j meyer, June 30, 2008, 04:24:36 PM

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j meyer

Hi there,
there still seems to be a problem with negative displacement.
I've done only some quick tests,but there are issues with
a) negative values in the heightfield generate -> Feature scale
b)negative displacement values on power fractal shaders
i found no problems with the displacement shader though.
Just for information.

Matt

I was able to reproduce the problem when I ran some tests recently, but haven't fixed it yet. I will look at it again.

Matt
Just because milk is white doesn't mean that clouds are made of milk.

j meyer


Pyronious

Hey guys,

Any news on getting this fixed?  I have to produce final output renders for a scene I created back when this was working (January 2008).  I don't know how to match the original concept renders that rely on negative displacement in the PowerFractal v3 shader.

Currently using 1.10.23.1 Deep + Animation.

j meyer

In some cases it's possible to use workarounds like connecting
the power fractal to a displacement shader and set that to a
negative value,but that does not work for everything.
Another way can be to use negative values for buoyancy,sometimes
in conjunction with noise variation,or a color adjust shader or a
converting function and most likely there are other ways too.
Anyway,it depends on other settings aswell,so sometimes you can
get it done sometimes not,i'm afraid.
Good luck,J.

Matt

I will make it a priority to fix this and let you know.

Matt
Just because milk is white doesn't mean that clouds are made of milk.

Pyronious

J, thanks and I will experiment with your suggestions. 

Matt, thank you for your assistance.