Water Caustics Help

[ttaberna]

Different methods:
First displacement modifier
Second Bump map
Third Displacement map
Winner Displacement modifier

[RobSteady]

Could you please upload for Max '14?
Thanks a lot!

[ttaberna]

Here you have

[RobSteady]

Nice!
Azen, any official scene?

[ttaberna]

This is the map I used

[RobSteady]

I will take a look for a suitable scene from our in-house collection to share here. If I cannot find one, I will put a simple example scene together as soon as possible.

No official support
Great community support

[mbetke]

It does not work. (

[mbetke]

I just set caustic blur to "0,01" and it works like on the screenshot. I ever thought caustic blur won't affect the caustics calculation but reduce the sharp edges and blur the caustics....

[ttaberna]

You have to activate the displacement modifier for it to work.

[mbetke]

I did. Look at the surface. it was the caustics blur setting.