Summary

Title:Surface Comb Maps not working
Category:Workflow
Status:Closed
Posted By:Vintr ( Mikael Hällström )
Date Created:3 September 2021

Problem

Description:

We are trying to use Surface Comb to style fur. The Slope Map, Chaos Map and Orientation Map does not seem to work. By using "Assign Channel" and vertex painting we do kind of get the result we are expecting but would like to be able to use bitmap textures instead.

We are also noting other unexpected things in Surface Comb modifier:

  • Only the "Mesh Vertex" algorithm seems to work.
  • Checking "Vector Map" in surface orientation does not seem to affect anything.
  • "Chaos Scale" does not seem to affect anything

Since the documentation is not up to date we try to figure Surface Comb out ourselves but at the moment several things seems to be broken or just not hooked up.

Best regards

Steps to Reproduce:

Tested on Build 7.2.7.28690 and 7.2.3.27923

Editable Mesh or Poly > Add "Ox Guides from Surface" > Add "Ox Surface Comb".

Hi Vintr,

What version of 3ds Max are you using? 

Jeordanis Figuereo (Product Designer. EPHERE Inc.)

Hi!

We are currently using 2021.2 Update (23,0 - 23.2.0.2215)

Thank you. I can reproduce the issue. We are looking into it. 

Jeordanis Figuereo (Product Designer. EPHERE Inc.)

Fixed for the latest nightly build. Please give it a try. 

Jeordanis Figuereo (Product Designer. EPHERE Inc.)