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Problems with Grass
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:37 am
by bombastic80
Hello,
i m new in Octane and I need help with grass material.
The grass material in C4D is not 3D - it is flat.
I hope you can help me.
And another question.
When the grass is 3d . How do I get a collision query on houses, trees etc...
I hope my beginner questions about Octane are not stupid...
Best wishes from Germany
Re: Problems with Grass
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:20 am
by bepeg4d
Hi bombastic80,
there are no stupid questions, but I have to admit that I have not really understand your questions, sorry

Could you share a couple of example c4d scenes and screenshots to better understand what are your needs?
In general, there is a c4d material converter that works for basic materials.
ciao beppe
Re: Problems with Grass
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:17 am
by bombastic80
Hi Bepeg4d,
here a better picture.
I used the Octane Grass and it is flat - thats my Problem
i want grass like the internal C4D Grass / Hair.
The internal grass of cinema 4D doesn`t work in octane... so i used the vegetation from Livedb.
And on the example file i made a plane under the house. As long as the grass works, as I get it out that the grass does not grow by the plane.
Best wishes from Germany and sorry for my bad englisch,
Timo
Re: Problems with Grass
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:12 pm
by miohn
Hi Timo,
when I understand you right, you want real grass as a 3d-model.
Now you have only mapped a flat bitmap on the surface.
I dont know if Real Displacement Textures have a grass material in their portfolia.
But othewise, you need f.e. a 3d-mesh of a single grass-patch and clone it over the surface.
Not sure, but maybe in the octane example scenes there was a grass scene.
regards
Mike
Re: Problems with Grass
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:24 pm
by aggiechase37
There's actually a patch of grass already in the c4d content browser. Then just use octane scatter to spread and poof, you're done.