Author Topic: Distance texmap - support more object types  (Read 4381 times)

2019-01-16, 22:30:39

romullus

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Could you make 3ds max's atmospheric apparatus to be supported by Corona distance texmap, please?
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2019-01-18, 12:43:50
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Why? :O
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2019-01-18, 14:43:56
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Because it's not renderable, it doesn't occlude other objects in viewport and it was basically made for such purpose. I find it more convenient than to use sphere or box primitives.
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2019-01-18, 14:55:49
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I guess Distance Map needs geometry for, it takes faces (and their normals) into account which aren't present when you use Gizmos.

2019-01-18, 15:19:40
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It accepts splines, which don't have faces or normals...
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2019-01-18, 17:06:39
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That's interesting, good to know! I'll admit that I have no clue what it does ;)

2019-01-18, 18:56:11
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The most important object which I would like to be able to use directly is CoronaCam :) You would be able to create LOD-Materials this way without the need of any linked geometry (to the Cam) as reference object.


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2019-01-18, 19:31:05
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That's a good idea, but it should be implemented somehow differently from ordinary objects, otherwise you would end up constantly adding/removing different cameras to/from the list.
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2019-01-21, 08:57:59
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constantly adding/removing different cameras to/from the list.

We usually have only one per scene, animated :] But with a linked helper geometry (also keyable) you can cover both, that's the reason why I never requested it forthright.


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2019-01-21, 10:12:40
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Could you elaborate more on the linked helper? How does your setup looks like?
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2019-01-21, 10:25:56
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You link a standard box (or any supported object) to the camera (or any other unsupported object) and use this box as distance object in CoronaDistanceMap.


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2022-01-14, 20:46:03
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done
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