Texture mapping a sphere seamlessly

[atoyuser1]

Hi, I was wondering if there was a simple method to achieve seamless procedural textures, like there is in the standard/physical render in Cinema 4D. For example:

Here's a version in Octane:

A similar question has been posted here and I also found this solution, but it seems a bit complicated

The nearest I can get is a tileable image texture, but that creates an ugly top and bottom.

I found a tutorial from Otoy on doing it here, which works perfectly, but that required creating a spherical texture in Zbrush:

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Any help appreciated in achieving this, I'll happily go down the Zbrush route, but I wanted to check there wasn't a better way

Thanks

[nejck]

Perhaps a Tri-Planar node would help. Unless you need it to be precisely unwrapped

[aoktar]

depends what you really try to do. Also using octane projection types for non-deforming animations or static meshes

[atoyuser1]

Perhaps a Tri-Planar node would help. Unless you need it to be precisely unwrapped

thanks for your reply. Would the Tri-planer method be as described here?: https://inlifethrill.com/seamless-displ ... cinema-4d/

I would like it to be as evenly distributed and seamless as the Cinema Standard/Physical render. I guess the only way would be using an unwrapped map like this?

But then I would be dealing with quite large maps

[atoyuser1]

depends what you really try to do. Also using octane projection types for non-deforming animations or static meshes

It would be a static mesh. The noise mapping in C4D is distributed perfectly, I am looking for a solution in Octane, preferably without using external images

[aoktar]

you can use c4d noises if you're on 2020

[atoyuser1]

you can use c4d noises if you're on 2020

Thanks, I'm currently using 4.05-R7 with C4D R20.

I shall download 2020.1-R4 and see if that works

[atoyuser1]

you can use c4d noises if you're on 2020

Thanks aoktar, that works for Diffuse maps now!:

I'm trying to use it for a displacement map now:

But this method crashes C4D. Am I doing it correctly?

[aoktar]

I'm trying to use it for a displacement map now:

Crash.JPG

But this method crashes C4D. Am I doing it correctly?

you'll still get tilability with baking node. Also it's not crashing but calculating repeately. I'm working on fix for the issue.

[atoyuser1]

I'm trying to use it for a displacement map now:

Crash.JPG

But this method crashes C4D. Am I doing it correctly?

you'll still get tilability with baking node. Also it's not crashing but calculating repeately. I'm working on fix for the issue.

thanks. Is there a way to avoid tiling in displacement ?