How to use hdri environment map?

[rws]

Solved

WE ell.
It seems that vray does not enjoy the black on the base.
I composited the bottom half of the dutchskies image onto the cgskies image, it appears to be reasonably correct now:






Edit:
Wooh
Quick and easy placeholder solution
Set the texture offset to 0.0015(the smallest I could get it without cancelling the effect,probably some rounding). This I imagine gets the bottom half of the image just off complete black.
Edit, (I'm noticing 0.0015 is not always enough, try around with it)
[attachment=1:1km8kbwv]offset.jpg[/attachment:1km8kbwv]
[attachment=0:1km8kbwv]ah.jpg[/attachment:1km8kbwv]
Only thing now is that the background does not appear when invisible is unchecked on the hemi like most 3dsMax tutorials suggest, also the texture is still somehow flipped in comparison but whatever.

$65 USD, was sent.

[arquitecto]

Re: How to use hdri environment map?

Here are my tests. vray 20 64b

Build vb2.61 4262
world texture and no hemi and f camera setting changed
[attachment=3:3saboqqw]worldvrayblender-2.61-42627-windows-x86_64.jpg[/attachment:3saboqqw]

Build vb2.61 4262
Defaul scene
[attachment=2:3saboqqw]hemivrayblender-2.61-42627-windows-x86_64.jpg[/attachment:3saboqqw]

Latest build
world texture and no hemi and f camera setting changed
[attachment=1:3saboqqw]world2.jpg[/attachment:3saboqqw]

Latest build
default scene
[attachment=0:3saboqqw]hemi2.jpg[/attachment:3saboqqw]

It seems hemi mapping is the cause of all the trouble.
Latest build has improved but that "crazy horizon" is wrong.
World texture can be a workaround...
But it's not the same of course.
Hope it helped.

[bdancer]

Re: How to use hdri environment map?

IBL is vital - will improve&fix this as soon as possible.

[jaspersucks]

Re: How to use hdri environment map?

hi, i can't get rid of the weird white ring on the reflection.
I tried adjusting the offset like suggested, but had no results.
I also tried a hdri map without black, mirror ball mapped, and same white border.
Any suggestions how you solved this ?

Also, Rhys, how did you get the shadows in your splotch image?