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SafeZone
05-23-2005, 05:34 AM
what does it mean when your raytraced materials look like this in the material editor?
(using 3dsmax 7.0)

http://www.team3x.net/screenie-2.jpg
soulburn3d
05-23-2005, 06:31 PM
Not sure. Could you post an example file?

- Neil
SafeZone
05-24-2005, 07:23 AM
well, I "guess" the materials are working okay (I'm somewhat new at this), I just thought they looked strange in the material editor with that big ugly white band around them

are they sposed to look like that?

Not sure. Could you post an example file?

- Neil

you mean like one of my .max scene files?
soulburn3d
05-24-2005, 02:02 PM
Well, your material is refracting, so you're seeing a refraction of something, it could be many things really, it might be the refraction of your highlight, it could be that your ior is too low (looks like you have an ior of 1, glass would be somewhere closer to 1.3-1.5). That's why I asked for an example file. But if your scene is fine, then you're probably all set.

- Neil
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