Background environment map not refracting?

[Nkal]

Hello guys,

How do you get to have the environment map to refract inside a refractive object, I've tried everything from placing the map in the vray environment refraction/reflection override to the environment of the material but as in the example below with the sphere having a refractive material, it comes out entirely transparent, the environment map is a simple screen (not spherical).

Am i missing a step?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

[Rens]

I think that's the default behaviour. You could create a projection plane and align and link it to your camera, then place it behind your objects and camera map the image on. That should refract correctly.

[Nkal]

I think that's the default behaviour. You could create a projection plane and align and link it to your camera, then place it behind your objects and camera map the image on. That should refract correctly.

Thanks, but I was hoping you wouldn't say that , well then if there's no other way then this must be the solution for now.

Thanks again for the quick reply.

[Mokiki]

Ignore this post I'm an idiot.

*edit* I thought it would work if you use a Domelight, but after a quick test it seems that the vray dome light comepletly ignores the screen mode option using just a bitmap or the bitmap within an vRayHDRI Map