opacity maps and fog

[jussing]

Last time I tried to solve this, I hit a brick wall.

Some suggested to turn on "exponential" or "logarithmic" or something like that, in the fog settings, and for a moment that worked perfectly. But with an appropriate number of particles in front of each other, it turned out it didn't work after all....

Arg. Feels like a very stupid bug that should have been fixed several versions ago.

If you can't make it work, I guess you'll have to render the two passes manually, or incorporate the z-depth into your tree shader using a distance falloff.

- Jonas

[Debneyink]

thanks yeah it is nuts why it still doesnt work. i remember coming across this in max 2 or 3! just assumed it might have been fixed by now...www.dirtyuk.net (http://www.dirtyuk.net)

[tuffmutt1]

if using Mental ray you could use the cutout slot instead of opacity map in the Arch & Design Material.

[MickyG]

Tuffmutt you are a dead-set legend

This has plagued me for years, and today I happen to come across your post and you've solved the problem.

Thanks:thumbsup:

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