[PHI-2265] RENDERING CLOUDS Volume grid shader: missing key "Phase" control

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey, now that we have the colored absorption, the custom Phase function is the final big thing we are missing - I hope it will shape up over the coming months.

Can you share how your clouds render now? We are doing another Phoenix tutorial on clouds right now, so maybe we could help with the settings.

Cheers!

[Dubbie99]

Hi, here are some tests I made under different sun heights and angles. I’m not happy at all with how they look and would welcome any tips.

[georgi.zhekov]

Hey,

Can you show us the settings you're using for the Clouds shading?

How about if you try ray-traced scattering and set the clouds color to pure white?

[miko3d]

Hi Chaos team,
Its going to be almost 2 years since this was raised....Could we have an update on when to expect Scattering phase control for shading volumes please?

Regards,
Mikel.

[Paul Oblomov]

[georgi.zhekov]

Hey,

We do have something working internally, still needs some polishing though.

Should be coming soon, but I'm afraid I can't say when exactly.

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

A couple teasers

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

As always, thanks to Oblomov for his much valued support and feedback

[Paul Oblomov]

Finally! I'll have to see when I first asked about this feature and put it on my calendar as a holiday

[Dubbie99]

Those cloud renders look great!!!!

hyperion quality.

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Probably we will make a simpler version of the scattering available at first, and then keep improving it over time. Right now the big question is whether this would be able to make it into the official V-Ray 6.0, or we will miss it and add it in an update...

[miko3d]

A couple teasers

that looks stunning! multiscatter+phase driven nice natural darker edges,

While waiting...may i ask, how many bounces and how r render times?
Thanks
Mikel.

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey, the one above is around 2 and a half minutes, but the one below is close to 20. We don't keep the bounces though

The dark edges are something our shader has never been able to do before, so I hope we can have an initial version of this public sooner just so everyone who needs it can use it, and then we will be speeding it up or making it more flexible...

[ronald_a]

nice, looking awesome!!

[psanitra]

Svetlin.Nikolov Hi, any update on the progress of new volume grid shader? I had a chance to test phase in v6 in Max, but it seems it`s not in VFH nightlies yet..., any other improvements on speed/quality you guys are working on? I saw GI depth in the nightlies, that`s very nice addition, thanks!