Displacement alignment

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I’m trying to displace bricks into a simple plain object. I am using BerconTile as it has lots of nice controls for brick size/pattern etc, and it ties in nicely with Multitexture. However, I always have issues with the displaced joints being misaligned with the joints in the diffuse map.

If you take a look at the attached graphic, you will see the issue.

How can I improve on this?

EDIT: Actually, I’m not sure its to do with alignment. Even if I switch off the diffuse map and render just the displaced geometry with a simple grey colour, you can see that the joints vary in size. Why is this?

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2

Are you using Tiling or RealWorld Map Size on the material? It doesn’t play well with VRay 2D displacement.

3

Here’s a screen grab. The BerconTile is currently using Explicit Map Channel 2D. Is this correct? You can see how the joint lines are completely un even from course to course.

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4

I’ve never used BerconTile, not sure if it can cause these problems with 2D displacement.

5

Could it be related to the displacement resolution setting?

Best regards,
Vlado