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Laurent
09-25-2007, 04:53 PM
I'm sure I'm missed something evident but on some low poly cars I can't get the phong tag to work.
have a look at the file:
http://www.syntax25.com/LAURENT/phong.c4d
cogombo
09-25-2007, 05:21 PM
mmm... interesting... I have no idea why phong doesn't work..
Fluffy
09-25-2007, 05:32 PM
Probably a problem during the export of this geometry from whatever application.
I managed to fix this by exporting it with Riptide, and reimporting it back.
Laurent
09-25-2007, 05:36 PM
I can't give it a shot right now, but the only thing obvious I didn't try would be to revert the normals and see if it makes a difference. seems that vray is peaky about normal directions.
Fluffy
09-25-2007, 05:37 PM
No, not normals direction, not superposed polygons, no detached faced, the phong is setup properly.
It's just a screwed up geometry that can be fixed the way as said above :)
Laurent
09-25-2007, 05:37 PM
well that would seriously sucks, there goes my car collection.
Laurent
09-25-2007, 05:38 PM
this geometry renders fine in AR though.
Fluffy
09-25-2007, 05:41 PM
Why should your car collection go? Riptide allows you to export everything you need, even materials and selection sets.

P.S: Renato will probably have a look at it, since it renders fine in AR.
*Edit*
He's on it.
stefan
09-25-2007, 06:02 PM
superimposed surfaces work also, under option secondayr ray bias set this to 0.1 instead of 0. helps a lot with modells that have coplanar surfaces or other porblems.

cheers
stefan
Laurent
09-25-2007, 06:21 PM
forget about my car collection, I worked out something with the client: parking lot without cars :shock:

Ouch, riptide is mac only, so thats how you guys feel all the time. ;)
No big drama, I'll just drag my dog out back in the garden and shoot it.
Well, somebody has to pay for this.
RenatoT
09-25-2007, 06:25 PM
P.S: Renato will probably have a look at it, since it renders fine in AR.
*Edit*
He's on it.

Hi all,

yes, i'm digging on it, seem that the imported geometry set something....

the Fluffy tip work now.. but i'm investigating on it.

Thanks
Renato
scanmead
09-25-2007, 06:31 PM
Riptide is Mac or Windows. Running XP here, and couldn't live without Riptide. It's the one listed as 9.6+, second from the bottom of the list.
http://skinprops.com/download.php?list.2
Laurent
09-25-2007, 07:03 PM
thank you guys.