opacity maps on standard materials - weird stuff

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Hi

This vegetation is on planes as defuse and opacity maps. They are making like shadows (I got them not to cast shadows) or transparency artifacts. Why is that?

Thanks

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when I click your link, it brings me to the same page as your post…???

Arkitec

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yeah, I don’t know why. but if you copy and paste in explorer you can see the image :? :?

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It looks like you may have overlapping faces there; what is the geometry of the trees?

Best regards,
Vlado

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Hi Vlado, thanks for the response.

They are just simple planes with standard materials with maps on deffuse and opacity.

If you want, here is the scene:

And an image of that file:

Thanks again.
Note: if links don’t work when you click on them, just copy and paste them in the browser. Sorry about that but I don’ know what is it with that :roll:

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i cant test your scene because there are no Maps !

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I’m sorry natty, it’s hard to find a server where I can put 1.5 MB. But I did!

cablemodem.fibertel.com.ar/lupaz/opacity.rar

Thanks

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What version of vray ..because it works fine here ?

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So it’s a version issue. Well, I 'm using 1.45.20. I guess I’m gonna have to check my download page for the next version. I’m using max 5 though, with a reeeeeeally slow machine, and I heard later versions of vray are slower. Is that right?

Thanks a lot natty :wink:

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not that ive noticed … the new version is not slower ..