connecting opacityPP the right way

[pechart]

Hi!

I'm using some particles with an instacer, export the PP attrs for color and opacity and connect them to a vrayMat. For the color everything is okay, but I can't get the opacity to work correctly. I wired the opacityPP of the particleSampler info to a reverse and the output of the reverse to the refraction color of the material. It works somehow, but I can't get the material completely opaque, it's alwazs semi-transparent. I thought it's maybe gamma-related and piped the opacityPP through a gamma correct, but the result was wrong, too.

I attached a scene, maybe someone knows what's going on.

Thanks!

ppAtt2instances.zip

[vlado]

Well, in the "Shading" attributes for the nParticleShape1, the particle render type is set to "Blobby surface" and the opacity is set to 0.3 - if I set the opacity to 1.0, then the particles render as solid.

Also, it would be better to use either transparency or refraction - using both doesn't make much sense.

Best regards,
Vlado

[pechart]

Ups, okay. Those connections were not broken up, sorry. And thanks for the tip! Works like a charm now.