V-Ray 3 SP3 sneak peek

[vlado]

They are modeled in a way that it looks like one part, but they are two. Without sharing any edges or vertices. Will the rounded corners feature work in these cases, too?

Yes, it works fine.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Laserschwert]

Very nice! Could you take a screenshot of the UI for the rounded corners settings?

[^Lele^]

Sure, here.

[Moriah]

Is the vraytriplanartex included in the sp3? Or do i have to get it separately?

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

so the rounded corners only create illusion of rounded corner, it doesnt affect geometry while rendering like displacement does yes?
i can imagine this will be usable in situations where you dont actually see the edge end or a corner itself.
I completely misunderstood it in the beginning...thought u have solution to make truly round corners in render

[vlado]

so the rounded corners only create illusion of rounded corner, it doesnt affect geometry while rendering like displacement does yes?

This is correct; it is still a bump effect, only computed in a different way that allows it to work across meshes, on disconnected meshes, with displacement, proxies and so on. Also, it produces generally better results than our old method.

i can imagine this will be usable in situations where you dont actually see the edge end or a corner itself.

Normally it is used in cases where the radius is quite small, just to add some highlight on the edges. It works fine for these cases.

I completely misunderstood it in the beginning...thought u have solution to make truly round corners in render

Well, it looks like it's a pretty convincing illusion then

Best regards,
Vlado

[Laserschwert]

Looks like it completely replaces the old method. Any differences in rendering speed?

[vlado]

Any differences in rendering speed?

It is a bit slower, but we are looking for ways to improve that.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Laserschwert]

Maybe you could include the option to use the old method? For compatibility with older scenes.

[vlado]

There is an option of course. It's not exposed in the UI though, you'll have to set it through MaxScript.

Best regards,
Vlado

[WilleViz]

Everything is very cool, sooo... is there is chance that the preview will be out to play with this weekend? Or are we talking next week?

[Moriah]

I downloaded and installed today's nightly, vray 3.35, looks good so far

[vlado]

Everything is very cool, sooo... is there is chance that the preview will be out to play with this weekend? Or are we talking next week?

We found some issues with the GPU code that it would be good to fix, so it will be next week.

Best regards,
Vlado

[WilleViz]

We found some issues with the GPU code that it would be good to fix, so it will be next week.

Best regards,
Vlado

Cool, looking forward to it next week then! Have a nice weekend.

[Laserschwert]

There is an option of course. It's not exposed in the UI though, you'll have to set it through MaxScript.

Best regards,
Vlado

So what happens when I open and render an old scene which uses VRayEdgesTex for bumps? Will it render the same as before?