# Phoenic Ocean texture

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/phoenic-ocean-texture/117085>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 17, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/phoenic-ocean-texture/117085 "2023-11-17T17:30:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![stezza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/stezza/32/39485_2.png) [@stezza](https://forums.chaos.com/u/stezza)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/phoenic-ocean-texture/117085/1 "2023-11-17T17:30:36Z")

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OK folks.  
I have tried to get the Phoenic Ocean texture to work but somethings not right.  
Im getting the error  
// Error: V-Ray : ERROR: Could not create plugin PhoenixFDOceanTex !

Attached is a simple scene with texture plugged into displacement mat slot.

Thanks for any help  
[PhoenixOceanTex.zip](https://forums.chaos.com/uploads/short-url/csNKxunsl5xZrMVuv9Pd2GJIuVq.zip) (14.5 KB)

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**Author:** ![vladimir\_krastev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/vladimir_krastev/32/42177_2.png) [@vladimir\_krastev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vladimir_krastev)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/phoenic-ocean-texture/117085/2 "2023-11-20T11:53:20Z")

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Hi, thanks for posting. Your scene did not put out an error on my test, I am using Maya 2024.2 with V-Ray 6.10.01 and [this](https://download.chaos.com/?license_type=adv&platform=48&platform_version=291&product=46) Phoenix. The ocean displacement does not work with your setup though. If I load the PhoenixOceanTex that you have in your scene in a VRayDisplacementMod it works.  
This is mentioned in the documentation [here](https://docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Ocean+Texture).

> - Any non-Phoenix mesh can be displaced with ocean waves at render time using **[V-Ray Displacement](https://docs.chaos.com/display/VMAYA/VRayDisplacement)**.
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 ![maya_2023-11-20_13-53-26.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/7/4/7477631a72621ad17570c1898f1cfc04f94b48b1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![stezza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/stezza/32/39485_2.png) [@stezza](https://forums.chaos.com/u/stezza)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/phoenic-ocean-texture/117085/3 "2023-11-20T12:38:34Z")

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Hi Vladimir thanks for getting back I have tried plugging the tex into the displacement Mod but still get the error // Error: V-Ray : ERROR: Could not create plugin PhoenixFDOceanTex !  
Any chance you could share your simple setup scene?

I was using Maya 2024.2  
v6.10.30, revision 32328 from Nov 8 2023)  
Phoenix 5.20.01  
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**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/phoenic-ocean-texture/117085/4 "2023-11-20T12:49:19Z")

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OK dont worry Vlad I have rolled back the nightly Phoenix to latest release and is now working.

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**Author:** ![vladimir\_krastev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/vladimir_krastev/32/42177_2.png) [@vladimir\_krastev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vladimir_krastev)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/phoenic-ocean-texture/117085/5 "2023-11-20T13:04:33Z")

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Hi, great news. Also we discussed the possibilities of displacing a mesh using PhoenixOceanTex and no VRayDisplacementMod and this is possible in Maya. In your setup the way it is you have to apply [Displacement control attribute](https://docs.chaos.com/display/VMAYA/Displacement+Control) and switch your Displacement type from normal to vector.

 ![chrome_2023-11-20_15-03-54.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/7/d/7d6993384257ecbd9e70c70aca404b6dfb9a7439.jpeg)

You could also increase the [Wind Speed](https://docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Ocean+Texture) parameter of the PhoenixOceanTex for bigger waves.