Forum: Vue


Subject: Has anyone figured out volumetric clouds yet?

smallspace opened this issue on Jul 06, 2001 ยท 5 posts


smallspace posted Fri, 06 July 2001 at 11:10 AM

These guys are a mystery to me. When I got the program, I thought theyd be objects like the primitives or the rocks. However, theyre just a limited form of volumetric materials that dont look right no matter what I do. Certainly the volumetric atmosphere model has cloud layers, but they hardly look or act volumetric to me. Just like the regular cloud layers. they seen to be just infinite planes with no real volume at all. Sure theres a density parameter, but that doesnt seem to have anything to do with actual volume. Assigning volumetric cloud materials to spheres or cubes or rocks doesnt work, either. Once theyre up in the air, you can clearly see the outline of the primitive or rock, and the transparent areas change the color of the sky. So how DO you get real, honest to goodness volumetric clouds in Vue4? The kind that you can move around to cast shadows wherever you want? The kind that you can stack on top of each other to create thunderheads? The kind that you can arrange so that you have neat little holes between where sunbeams can shine through? How can this be done? Or is this something Vue4 cant do? -SMT

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