can someone please correct me if this is wrong?
_sam
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Chris Marshall wrote:
> When running 4.2 (I think) we had major problems with displacement
> (still do sometimes) but it was to do with a very spikey object, once
> in a while would have some of it's spikes cropped. It took ages to
> find a fix, but in the end we cranked up the Max Disp to something
> like 300. It didn't slow the render times in any way, but it insured
> the render was correct. Personally I wouldn't worry about it, as long
> as it's set to a value higher than that which you want your
> displacement to go.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> Wayne wrote:
>
>> Christopher,
>> If you'd like, contact me off list. polypimp(at)gmail.com
>> -wayne-
>>
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>> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 1:53 PM
>> To: kim aldis
>> Subject: Re[4]: Max Displacement issue?
>>
>> It's alright, I've already spent too much time on this already. I'm
>> just going to get rid of my copy of zbrush. No need to help further.
>>
>> Christopher
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are you sure?<br>
<span>ive</span> managed to speed up <span>renders</span> considerably
in the past by bringing excessive max displacement settings down to a
reasonable level?<br>
has something changed with these settings?<br>
<br>
<span>From</span> what i gather the max <span>disp</span> setting
defines the bounding box of the object before mental ray <span>tessellates
it. <br>
if it is set too large mentalray assumes the object will exist in
places where it does not, this bog down its preliminary visibility
calculations.<br>
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can someone please correct me if this is wrong?<br>
_sam<br>
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Chris Marshall wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid44435BE4.4070305(at)eclipsecreative.co.uk" type="cite">When
running 4.2 (I think) we had major problems with displacement (still do
sometimes) but it was to do with a very spikey object, once in a while
would have some of it's spikes cropped. It took ages to find a fix, but
in the end we cranked up the Max Disp to something like 300. It didn't
slow the render times in any way, but it insured the render was
correct. Personally I wouldn't worry about it, as long as it's set to a
value higher than that which you want your displacement to go.
<br>
<br>
Chris
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Wayne wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Christopher,
<br>
If you'd like, contact me off list. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:polypimp(at)gmail.com">polypimp(at)gmail.com</a>
<br>
-wayne-
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Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 1:53 PM
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To: kim aldis
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Subject: Re[4]: Max Displacement issue?
<br>
<br>
It's alright, I've already spent too much time on this already. I'm
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just going to get rid of my copy of zbrush. No need to help further.
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Christopher
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