Modeling and Styling	Parametric Effects	Animation	Rendering	Import/Export
Edit Guides _Modifier	Surface Comb _Modifier	MassFX Dynamics _Modifier	MentalRay _Object	Alembic Export _Exporter
Ground Strands _Modifier	Curling _Modifier	Strand Multiplier _Modifier	Strand Animation _Modifier	Ornatrix Hair _Exporter
Guides from Surface _Modifier	Frizz _Modifier		Fast Ray Tracer _Atmospheric	Shading and Materials
Guides from Mesh _Object	Hair Clustering _Modifier		Accurate Ray Tracer _Atmospheric	MR Hair _{MR Shader}
Guides from Shape _Modifier	Guide Clustering _Modifier		Hair Draw _Effect	Hair Texture _{2d Map}
Hair from Guides _Modifier	Propagation _Modifier		Render Settings _Modifier	Cheap Shader _Shader
Baked Guides _Object	Gravity _Modifier		Shadow Maps _Shadow	Expensive Shader _Shader
Baked Hair _Object	Length _Modifier		Raytraced Shadows _Shadows	Translucent Shader _Shader
Hair Presets _Object	Detail _Modifier		Deep Shadow Maps _Shadow
Hair Preset Maker _Object	Symmetry _Modifier		VRay _Modifier
Guides from Guide Mesh _Modifier
Guides on Spline _Modifier
Hair Shells _Modifier
Mesh from Strands _Modifier
Hair from Mesh Strips _Object

Deep Shadow Maps

Deep Shadow Maps
- Location
- Parameters

This is an alternative to Ornatrix Shadow Maps that performs full-scale occlusion simulation. Unlike regular shadow maps, deep shadows sample each pixel multiple times depth-wise to allow quick self-shadowing and shadowing all the objects in the scene including those inside the hair itself. Whenever Ornatrix-based rasterizer (ratraycer) is used with lights that implement deep shadow maps, Ornatrix will not self-shadow the hair internally (through raytracer) but will automatically use deep shadow maps to self-shadow the hair.

Location

You can find Deep Shadow Maps in 3ds Max Lights -> Shadows -> Ox Deep Shadow Maps

Parameters

Many parameters of this component are the same as those in Ornatrix shadow maps, so you refer to that help for reference.

Error tolerance
Because all of the pixels are being sampled depth-wise deep shadows use a compression mechanism to reduce memory strain. Error tolerance controls how much the shadow data is compressed by controlling how much error is allowed to be introduced. A value of 0 will effectively prevent any compression. A very large value will make the shadow very smooth eliminating any subtle detail.

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