Problem of glass setting

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stanvisual
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Hi,

i use the Live DB Material of glass but i found that the surface will become all black. does any one have some suggestion to create a clear glass without using the Live DB? Thanks!
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MaTtY631990
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a simple glass material is fairly simple. Create a specular material and change index to 1.53, also set fake shadows on. This will allow sunlight to pass through glass. That's it.
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lixai
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check your specular depth, depending on you kernel
Core i7 860, ZOTAC GTX 580 - 3GB, 2 x GTX TITAN, 32Gb RAM
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