Env slot on vray material

[thanulee]

Hello, sometimes i use this trick to cheat reflections. But i noticed that it works only when i m on exterior shots. Even if i use a dome with hdr outside, it seems that dome overrides my fake environment reflections.
Have u seen this behavior before? If its the expected one, i d suggest there should be a priority in this slot so the object understands which reflection should use or even simpler, always use the map in there once there is a map. I dont know if i explain this correct cheers

[vlado]

What happens if you turn on the "dim reflections" option and set the dim distance to 0?

Best regards,
Vlado

[thanulee]

I have no idea i ll check it out!!
Btw where is that option? i remember seeing it but never used it, now i realise what it might does that u proposed this. Thanks

[Deflaminis]

My understanding is that the environment override is reflected only if a ray was seeing the environment. So if you have walls and other objects in the way, they block the environmental rays. That explains why it only seems to work for you in exteriors. (Stick a sphere next to a window, should see your environment override there.

Maybe that's why a dim distance of 0 works, because it's limiting the distance that the nearby objects can be 'seen' by the reflections.

[thanulee]

Yep makes perfect sense Havent test it yet, but will do on Monday and update. Thanks alot guys!

Thanks Vlado, it works like a charm!