unhandled exception with fog below

[kimgar]

anyone else getting unhandled exceptions using 'as fog below' greater than 1 on PHXFoam?


seems like vrayambientlight causes trouble from the message, but deleting it still crashes render

[Ivaylo Katev]

i suppose it's a memory overflow. there is a warning in the help that you can very easy cause a crash using this control, but documenting a problem is not a good solution at all.
we are considering to modify this option to use the point shader instead fog, it produces better results and is safe.

[kimgar]

i read the warning, but since it was regarded the fog resolution i didn't think any more about it. upping the fog resolution to 4 solves the problem, thanks!

i love the point shader, but the amount of particles needed for good/exaggerated results is scary sometimes, especially at full HD.
please don't remove the fog below option, the effect is great and fast!

[Ivaylo Katev]

ok, we will take this in account

[ivaylo.ivanov]

Another plus of the fog mode is that it can use light cache, so it can really be much faster. But I don't think this option is in 3ds Max yet.

[Ivaylo Katev]

the point shader have light cache as well (but not in the official version)