Highlights, Self Illu., UVW , Exit Color, Local Gi

[samuel_bubat]

Would it be possible to unlink the faked highlights from reflections ?
When I need faked Highlights I still need to use Standard Materials
cause for 90% of my highlighted materials I don´t want reflections.

It would be great if Vray could output UVW Coordinates to RPF files.

When I work with a photometric sun I´d need to increase the output
of the Reflection/Refraction exit color. A multiplier would be great !

Still looking forward for a Selfillumination Slot and local GI Controls !
Any news regarding these features ?

cheers

[percydaman]

if you uncheck trace reflections in your material rollout, you can have spec highlight without reflection.

[samuel_bubat]

Thank You ! That works well !

[Da_elf]

i still dont see the need for a self iluminaten slot when a blend material with a vraylight material works quite well

[percydaman]

because using a blend is a workaround. how do you know a proper inclusion of a self-illum wouldn't be alot faster then the blend?

[Da_elf]

true.

[studioDIM]

For self illuminated materials i generally use a textured VraylightMtl, blended with an opacity mapped vrayMtl, weighted through the texture i intend to use, encapsulated in the Wrapper (so to exclude from GI, in the case).

that's *extremely* quick to render (almost as an empty bucket, to be precise), could it be made a lot faster, you think?

[Da_elf]

i think he means setup time

[oconv]

It would be great if Vray could output UVW Coordinates to RPF files.

a workaoround is to switch to scanline and render out the rpf there.
if you use only vraymats the frame buffer will remain black, but the all the passes are there.
except the matid, cause scanline can't read the vray mats.
in combustion u can use the scanline rpf as input for texture map, gbuffer builder etc.

-oconv

[czoog]

It would be great if Vray could output UVW Coordinates to RPF files.

a workaoround is to switch to scanline and render out the rpf there.
if you use only vraymats the frame buffer will remain black, but the all the passes are there.
except the matid, cause scanline can't read the vray mats.
in combustion u can use the scanline rpf as input for texture map, gbuffer builder etc.

-oconv

Wow, great tip! Thanks!

[cpnichols]

It would be great if Vray could output UVW Coordinates to RPF files.

a workaoround is to switch to scanline and render out the rpf there.
if you use only vraymats the frame buffer will remain black, but the all the passes are there.
except the matid, cause scanline can't read the vray mats.
in combustion u can use the scanline rpf as input for texture map, gbuffer builder etc.

-oconv

Big issue with that is that motion blur and AA will not match up.

[studioDIM]

Re: Highlights, Self Illu., UVW , Exit Color, Local Gi

When I work with a photometric sun I´d need to increase the output
of the Reflection/Refraction exit color. A multiplier would be great !

Did you try putting an "output" map in the color slot, and raise above 1.0 the map's RGB levels(or output amount, for that matter)?

That works for me...

Lele

[Morbid Angel]

bottom line is self illum is an essential option and we need it. Period.
However, perhaps when 1.5 comes out chaos guys could write special shader extensions like in bz or mr.