PFLOW + DISPLACEMENT modifier

V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max General
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Hi everyone

I would like to know if is there a way to have my displacement modifier in an instance object in Pflow

I have several instances pflow objects and each one have a differents displacement modifiers with a different displacement map of course but when I render in vray I can’t see the displace.

I mn’t sure that pflow support vray displacement in instance object.

Could you confirm this please

thanks a lot

mickael

Ps: very sorry for my poor english

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Nope - pflow needs to be fed the mesh of an object so it can use it as a shape instance - Vray displacement only happens at render time so pflow wouldn’t be able to access it. Use a tessellate or turbosmooth on your object, use the regular displace modifier and then you should be okay.

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If there was a way to apply the displacement modifier on top of the PFlow source itself, then this could work, but I’m not sure PFlow allows this.

Best regards,
Vlado

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Nope - might work with a mesher copy of the pflow flow but it’s probably not a great idea - pflow as it stands isn’t great with high detail meshes. You’d be better off baking the animation to objects and putting the displacement on them.

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you guys sure about that? i’ve got a rig here that a coworker made using a displaced object as a shape instance.. let me see if i can find it

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my bad, I’m wrong, he did it via the displace map in the material..

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thanks you very much everyone