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g3org3 355 posts
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ivanisavich 4,196 posts
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MikeWilson 638 posts
parenting
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MikeWilson 638 posts
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Onno 65 posts
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so...say ive got 25 bagillion units to the 100th power for my ground plane.....isnt this gunna do some serious damage to my render time?
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ivanisavich 4,196 posts
Nope....all the memory that you're going to take up is the point3 values of your 4 vertices.
Ie,
vertice1: [10000000000,1000000000000,1000000000]
vertice2: [-10000000000,1000000000000,1000000000]
vertice3: [10000000000,-1000000000000,1000000000]
vertice4: [-10000000000,-1000000000000,1000000000]
Should run like a dream.
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Cameron 2,374 posts
Genius.
That is, except if you use brazil.
I think Onno had that problem, brazil calculates the photons on the entire surface of the ground plane based on physical measurements. Fair enough, but you got a quadrillion squared size plane, and its gonna take the piss out of your vinegar.
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g3org3 355 posts
There has to be way to write something that would create an infinate plane. It would just be mathematical. I would, but unfortunately I do not have the knowledge of math/maxscript to do so.
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hmmm...bummer....and im terrible in math hahah
I think we should petition Discreet.....GET UP OFF YOUR ASSES AND MAKE AN INFINITE GROUND PLANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Think they would be cool with that?
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Onno 65 posts
The problem I had was using 25 bagillion light cards which in return caused Brazil to calculate 25 trazillion photons...
Brazil can handle large sized planes alright, as long as they don't have any self-illumination or opacity.
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vader_dk 67 posts
there is a infinite plane that comes with Vray, pershaps some smart coder could see what they have done, but guess its in the render enginen it clicks in.
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flashmasterfong 238 posts
Im actually not that bad with max script, Ill see if I can come up with something.
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MikeWilson 638 posts
For a Maya Plane, you can create a plane, scale it to big number, and then copy the script from the script editor. Is it harder in Max?
As for the photons being shot out, you should really limit the distance on how far they are being shot, even if you don't have an unlimited surface. Also Light linking would be beneficial.
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vader_dk 67 posts
MikeWilson, you can do that in max too. it's allmost as simple
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MikeWilson 638 posts
Alright, coolio.
I've tried max, and couldn't move, so I uninstalled it, though I should learn the basics of it..
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TheOnlyAaron 188 posts
