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Forest Pack => Forest Pro (*) => Topic started by: BB1610 on August 09, 2008, 07:40:11 PM

Title: forest 3.02 + vray
Post by: BB1610 on August 09, 2008, 07:40:11 PM
Hi, i`m trying forest 3.02 with vray 1.5 sp2 (vray sun+sky for lighting outdoor) , but the trees dont cast shadows ( i`m using standard material from forest library), any tip how to fix it ?


scene : http://rapidshare.com/files/136106540/vray_forest3.max.html (http://rapidshare.com/files/136106540/vray_forest3.max.html)
Title: Re: forest 3.02 + vray
Post by: iToo on August 09, 2008, 09:18:23 PM
To get shadows on VRay, disable "Hide planes on viewport" checkbox (Shadows rollout)

Other useful tricks for this scene:

- If trees look too dark, set "Self-illum" of the base materials to 0 (in VRay, Self-illum seems to work reversed)
- To avoid the self shadowing issue, disable "Receive shadows" for Forest objects (right click->Object properties)

Title: Re: forest 3.02 + vray
Post by: BB1610 on August 10, 2008, 01:39:54 PM
hi, thanks for tips, but only self-illuminatig tip works, take a  look on this screenshot :

(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8302/vrforestbu6.th.png) (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vrforestbu6.png)

http://rapidshare.com/files/136270576/vray_forest3b.max.html (http://rapidshare.com/files/136270576/vray_forest3b.max.html)
Title: Re: forest 3.02 + vray
Post by: iToo on August 10, 2008, 03:39:57 PM
The "Hide planes..." parameter must be unchecked.

To modify "Receive shadows" property,  uncheck the button "By layer", because by default the object take all properties from its layer.

Title: Re: forest 3.02 + vray
Post by: BB1610 on August 10, 2008, 04:07:52 PM
thanks a lot, worked like a charm :)