bending a plane

[bobbystahr]

In that case you'd better use a card, much easier to rotate.

I guess what I'm asking for is a key/clue as to how to rotate the Plane around the World Y (should be a simple explanation) as it has way better displacement abilities in my experience.

EDIT
rendering a card as a river atm and displacement is totally absent though I have some dialed in on the water shader. Is this normal behavour and I have to add the displacement after the water shader?

[TheBadger]

should be a simple explanation)

You make great jokes!

[bobbystahr]

Well screw both those methods. With a Paint shader it's way easier to simply mask an actual lake object...which is where I'm going with this...later...off to do 2 specific test renders of my glasslight test scene for TheBadger now

[Oshyan]

For displacement on the Card object you would need to disable Raytrace Objects. Some objects, like the Plane and Sphere, are displaceable in both Raytrace and non-Raytrace modes, some are not. The next update will make a more clear distinction between the different types of objects in the object creation menus.

- Oshyan

[bobbystahr]

For displacement on the Card object you would need to disable Raytrace Objects. Some objects, like the Plane and Sphere, are displaceable in both Raytrace and non-Raytrace modes, some are not. The next update will make a more clear distinction between the different types of objects in the object creation menus.

- Oshyan

Thanks for the info Oshyan and as disable RT isn't an option I would use the card is well nigh useless for me at least....

[Oshyan]

I don't understand what you mean that disabling RT Objects isn't an option for you...

- Oshyan

[Dune]

But if you want a river on a plane, why not make it big enough to cover the whole river, or use a sphere the same size as the planet? You can mask any non-water out (to decrease render time) by using the opacity tab in a default shader.

[bobbystahr]

But if you want a river on a plane, why not make it big enough to cover the whole river, or use a sphere the same size as the planet? You can mask any non-water out (to decrease render time) by using the opacity tab in a default shader.

Not a problem any longer...I had just forgotten about masking the lake with a Paint shader which is what I've done and it works a treat.
@ Oshyan...as I often (most often) have glass in my scenes having RT on in kinda necessary.