3ds Max & V-Ray HDRI Dome Setup

[Neil FD]

Hi all,

First post on here!

I am looking to start using a HDRI Dome setup for all renders going forward. The HDRI will be of an internal events hall. I have watched a few tutorials and tried the native V-ray HDRI environment, however, the "grounding" of the floor is an issue.

In essence, I would like to know the best setup whereby the floor looks correct to the walls and ceiling within the dome, when a camera is placed at any angle.

Any help would be greatly received.

Cheers!

[legi008]

You can check out Jonas Noell's tutorial. He provided some interesting notes about this issue:
https://youtu.be/NkfU3Tn-GyI?si=2YrvS8Eopft8z8Y3
https://youtu.be/VgOaWxAwreA?si=83a-7gNd5Fg7bl1Y

[Neil FD]

You can check out Jonas Noell's tutorial. He provided some interesting notes about this issue:
https://youtu.be/NkfU3Tn-GyI?si=2YrvS8Eopft8z8Y3
https://youtu.be/VgOaWxAwreA?si=83a-7gNd5Fg7bl1Y

Thanks for your reply legi008

I previously stumbled upon Jonas's Advanced tutorial (your second YouTube link), however, I was unable to recreate the results he achieved, by following the tutorial. Even replicating his half dome shape proved impossible for me.

I am trying to set up a simple scene with a dome HDRI, with the floor showing correctly, simply to use as a consistent backdrop for still renders. I'll also generate 360 views to be used in 3rd party walkthroughs etc.

My hope is that once I have he simple scene set up correctly, I can use this as a base for any projects and even similar HDRIs.

Any more advice appreciated. Cheers

[ChuckRT]

Have you tried using "Finite Dome" in Dome Vray Light?
Its basically the same thing, this was added in Vray 6
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CWVRA...ome+light+mode