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Error323

12-24-2002, 05:33 PM

Hi all i'm trying to achive the kind of stealth from metal gear solid (the ninja cyborg) And predator (the movie).

But I can't get it right :S I've got this atm:
stealth (http://www.revonx.com/stuff/renders/error/stealth2.avi)

Can anyone help me???? This is a 20% opacity cartoon shader with faceted checked on. I need a bit refraction but i don't know the IOR to it and all :S

http://www.revonx.com/stuff/renders/error/raytraced_stealth.jpg

http://www.revonx.com/stuff/renders/error/raytraced_stealth2.jpg

As u can see all my attempts have failed sofar, plz help me out.

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Stroker

12-24-2002, 06:38 PM

I was playing with this not too long ago. I got decent results. What I did:

1) Set IOR *very* low. Maybe 0.03 or even 0.01.
2) Set IOR map to Fall-Off and stair step it like a cartoon shader with 4 steps.

I was happy enough with that.

Error323

12-24-2002, 06:57 PM

Your the man!!!! Thanks a million!!!!!!! :buttrock:

I GOT IT Wh0000h00000 :D

doug_

12-26-2002, 01:26 PM

stroker, i've been looking for something similar to this recently, but i don't quite understand the instrucutions you've given, could i see a material rollout for something like this, afterall a pictures is worth a thousand words :)
Thanks.

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