Displacement....? urgent!

[ene.xis]

Now i m getting confused!
so i got an editable poly with 3 faces, all quads...and the 3d displacement is going wacky!?
what am i doing wrong?

the wireframe:


the displacement under 2d mode:


the wacky 3d displacment:


and even if i change the mesh the wackiness continues!


please can anybody give me any hint?i ll take anything!
yeas and i ve read the morbid angel s thread!

[re:FORM]

post your file and I'll have a look.

[ene.xis]

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...41304211238F37

the fastest way i could remember to post the file

thanx in advance!

[re:FORM]

Why are you trying to displace the mesh 10cm for mortar joints?

Its weird, I've rendered it a few times and it looks fine to me. I can't see any of the distortions you have illustrated above.

[re:FORM]

actually, i do get distortion with 3dmapping at 10cm amount. But that would probably be expected given the scale of the mesh.

[re:FORM]

Either
- reduce the displacement amount
- change to 2d mapping
- if you stick with 3d mapping(and 10 amount). Increase the number of quads making up the surface

oh, and reducing edge-length to 1.0 seems to work a treat on 3d mapping.

[studioDIM]

i thought i read 3d mapping was mainly for 3d textures like procedural noises...
I generally always use 2 displacement for mapped textures...

Lele

[ene.xis]

thanx re:FORM i just got to the office...ur probably right.
in fact i just tried the 10 cm cause i expected it to be more vivsible instead maybe i m just screwing it up...? i m gonna run some tests right now.

yeah Lele i usually stick with 2d, still i need to use the keep continuity option, so i was messing with 3d displacement. i got away tonight at home to fix this with an old trick...

thanks again!