Max raytrace depth bug

[colorbleed]

Hi there,

It doesn't happen a lot but I want to cap the depth of my refraction rays. For some reason I am unable to do so. In the material I set the refraction depth to 1 but refraction keeps being traced beyond.
Is this a known bug?
I have 2 objects in 1 separate refractive spheres and I want to show the first object inside the refracted spere, but not the object behind it (in its own refractive sphere). Makes sense?

Vray_adv_50020_maya2020_x64 maya 2020.2

Thanks,

[colorbleed]

bump!
Any ideas on how to quickly resolve this?

[Neilg]

If I'm understanding you correctly an easier way to do this might be trace sets, which allows per object control of visibility through reflection / refraction.

[colorbleed]

Hi, Thanks for your reply.

What I mean is that I don't want to see the red object refracted in the first sphere (on the right). But I do want to see it in the refraction of the left sphere. Scene here: https://we.tl/t-0BfJUt0cXU

[Neilg]

Yes, trace sets. they are in maya too, I think they were in the maya version before they were in max.

https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...ght+Properties

[colorbleed]

I think I can manage with a trace set, yes thanks. But still, I'd like to cap the amount of rays somehow.
Seems like a bug to me, it not working at all.

[yolov]

Hey there,

What's the goal with this set-up? It's curious to know the use-case here and it will help figure out the best approach for it.