Im new to Vue, Ive been playing around, working on different types of water. Why am I getting this grid showing on my renders? Gary

Attached Link: http://market.renderosity.com/%7Evue/backroom/faintlines.JPG

I'm not sure if the effect really is the same, but maybe the attached link to the backrooms helps. Norbert

What version of Vue are you using? I'm sure that's not a water artefact. Is it a material on the ground plane just below the water?? Can you show us a screen shot of the bump function editor settings, and the transparency function settings etc?

The grid looks too regular to come from a water function... my guess is that terrain has zeroed edges and that you used a mixed material on it with the water in it... in bottom part.. then it creates the artefact.. It is only a guess but if changing the resolution of terrain changes the size of the grid.. then it comes from the terrain.

If this is the case, clipping the unwanted part of terrain would be the solution

My two cents
Paul.

Thank you all for the response, I am using Vue 3, the version that was free from 3D World. You are right the water effect is a terrain given a clear liquid material assignment. I was having trouble controlling the water function, simulating turbulence, it was much easier to play with the surface using a terrain but I seem to have found a major flaw with that line of thinking. Gary

The transparency allows the wire frame to show. I played the dials a little, made the water a little more polluted, and no more lines. Now its just a matter of finding settings that give the effect Im looking for. I like this software, I may have to upgrade. Gary :D