A problem with water

deeahr2169

Okay i found the plan for the dream home, and i got myself the pool but i cannot figure out how to see the water in a render, anyone offer any advice please...

Richard Haseltine

Are you using the DS version, assuming you are using it in DAZ Studio?

deeahr2169

I am using the Poser version on DS4.6

frank0314

Are you applying the material to it. It would be in the Pose folder in Poser format

deeahr2169

Gosh so complicated. Okay here we go. I tried doing this using the DS versions and it made no difference but i hadnt realised that i needed to apply the mat which is as you say in the pose folder. So i did that and it made no difference. Then i quit the DS version and loaded the Poser version and still no difference, water does not show.
So i decided to mess around with stuff i dont usually mess with. Like reflection and refraction settings. With mixed results until i tried looking at opacity and found it was set to zero, which must have been default i suppose because i didn't go near that myself. Now having increased opacity i can see water, its only a question of fine tuning i think. Thanks everyone

Richard Haseltine

It showed for me using the DS settings with no further actions - it does help if there's something (or someone) in the water to show the effect of the refraction.

Jaderail

A sky Dome to reflect will also help. Also check your Render Settings, for reflections your Max Ray Trace Depth needs to be 2 or higher.

SpottedKitty

I have both the standard and Eclectic sets, I just set up a quick scene with the Easy Environment Greenlands skybox and light set. Both have pretty good — but very different — water surface settings right out of the box with no surface tweaking needed (although upping the Reflection value does improve things in the Eclectic texture). Using the D|S materials is a must, though, the original Poser materials only look good in Poser.