Some clouds

[squintnic]

quick question - can i get a zdepth pass when using volume grid?
also wondering if it will work with vray env fog (to cast volumetric rays from a sun like strob has done??)

[squintnic]

workaround is to render again in geometry atmosphere mode where it picks up correctly
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actually no it doesnt

[squintnic]

sorry to derail your thread strob!
got a tight deadline here and running into this problem again
even when i copy the volume grids they only half render ?



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it seems to be intermittent and sometimes a file can be 'broken' and wont render again, even with relinking a different vdb
certainly some instability going on. whats the best workflow for using large numbers of vdbs in a scene?

sometimes getting this render error as well, irregularly happens and fixed by restarting max




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[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Which V-Ray do you use? Would it be possible to share the scene so I can check the issues?

Otherwise, geometry mode is not a workaround for getting render elements - it's the official way to get them, that's what the mode is for. What happens with the z-depth? Nothing rendered at all, or not correct?

EDIT: Because there were fixes that might have affect the behavior, do the same problems happen with a latest Phoenix nightly?

[Paul Oblomov]

Let him try export to vrscene.

[jstrob]

Interesting, I was going to test instancing to create cloud out of some modular pieces of cloud like you are trying to do. It's a must to be able to do that easily. I'm sure we'll find a way.