bercon maps

[s0real]

just wondered if there were any plans to incorporate support for bercon maps in RT?

thanks,

Chris

[tricky]

just wondered if there were any plans to incorporate support for bercon maps in RT?

thanks,

Chris

We absolutely need this. I don't think we ever have a project without a bercon map!

[vlado]

Yep, working on it...

Best regards,
Vlado

[tricky]

Any news on RT CPU (or even GPU, but I doubt it) supporting bercon tiles yet?

[vlado]

One of our developers is looking into it; it's quite a lot of work, so it won't happen quickly unfortunately.

Best regards,
Vlado

[tricky]

One of our developers is looking into it; it's quite a lot of work, so it won't happen quickly unfortunately.

Best regards,
Vlado

As long as I know it is happening I can sleep easier

[tricky]

Just wondered if there had been any update on RT support for BerconTile?

[vlado]

Yes, the latest nightly builds can render them with various degrees of success; unfortunately it started to take more time than I had planned and I needed the developer for something else. We'll get back to that.

Best regards,
Vlado

[3LP]

Hi Vlado, I was wondering if there was any news about this.
We are actively using Bercon maps in Vray and this would be a great improvement.
Could you do a list of the features that are accepted for the moment, like gradient yes but not the tiles for example...

Thanks

Stan

[tricky]

Any update on bercontile and multitexture in RT GPU? If not, then are there any viable alternatives?

[vlado]

One of the developers is looking to port the Bercon maps as a V-Ray plugin; once this is done, we will have to write it again for the GPU. Same for the multitexture.

If some good soul can rewrite the Bercon maps in OSL, it will generally be useful too.

Best regards,
Vlado

[tricky]

Thanks Vlado

So it could still be some months off?

[3LP]

Guys, I was on my way to ask all those question right now, and here it is,
great minds think alike

That's actually great news Vlado!
Bercon maps and something like multitexture are both the main drawback why we are not using RT in production ATM.
Once that's implemented, I reckon GPU render will have a massive leap forward as loads of people will finally be willingly to try it out (in production I mean).

I have to confess I'm also curious about when this is "kind of" planned to be released

Stan