I've been using Vray for about 5 years and Max for about 10, and I've yet to find a simple cloud solution in both packages.
Now I know about VRayEnvironmentFog, and yes you can create volumetric clouds with it, it's still a tedious process and can be quite complicated to get realistic results by balancing your texture maps and fog settings exactly right. It feels more of a complex work around.
Of course there are HDRIs and Environment Maps that I can slap on a Sphere or the background, but that's not great if you want to animate your clouds or risk tiling. It can also look quiet fake.
A simple cloud system Im looking for is similar to Vue's clouds or Maya's Visor. Where in Maya you can draw a spline and a preselected cloud type like cumulus would appear and render as a fully animated, volumetric, and good looking cloud in no time. Vue, just as fast and easy. Is something like this complex to create for max? A system that is programmed to create "clouds"? I would have thought by now a great functioning cloud system would have been created for VRay or Max's Mental Ray. But i've yet to see it. Is it not available because it's difficult to program?
Now I know about VRayEnvironmentFog, and yes you can create volumetric clouds with it, it's still a tedious process and can be quite complicated to get realistic results by balancing your texture maps and fog settings exactly right. It feels more of a complex work around.
Of course there are HDRIs and Environment Maps that I can slap on a Sphere or the background, but that's not great if you want to animate your clouds or risk tiling. It can also look quiet fake.
A simple cloud system Im looking for is similar to Vue's clouds or Maya's Visor. Where in Maya you can draw a spline and a preselected cloud type like cumulus would appear and render as a fully animated, volumetric, and good looking cloud in no time. Vue, just as fast and easy. Is something like this complex to create for max? A system that is programmed to create "clouds"? I would have thought by now a great functioning cloud system would have been created for VRay or Max's Mental Ray. But i've yet to see it. Is it not available because it's difficult to program?
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