CoronaMixTex vs Composite?

[romullus]

I wonder is there appreciable difference between those two maps? Do CoronaMixTex has any benefits over Composite? Usually i choose Composite for my materials, because it offers more layers, but maybe i'm missing something?

[juang3d]

I'm going to shot a bullet in the dark... probably the main diference is performance, the composite map in max has proved to be slow in mental ray and I think in other render engines also, I bet that CoronaMixTex exists because performance.

Cheers!

[romullus]

That's interesting, never thought about that. I'll try to do some tests, to see if that's the case.

[romullus]

You're right difference is there. But for me it's not big enough to sacrifice convenience of Composite map when more than two layers needed.

[juang3d]

Have you tried to stack several CoronaMixText?

But I'm with you, Composite map is better planned than CoronaMixTex, on the other hand I think CoronaMixTex was probably though to be a substitute for the standard mix map.

Cheers.

[steyin]

I think CoronaMixTex was probably though to be a substitute for the standard mix map.

This.