Render error - Shape reference node

[andrasszada]

Hey guys,

I am trying to use different objects as reference node/shape in tyflow.
It works OK, but at render, there are obvious errors.
Look at the pic I attached.
The green bottle in the middle is the reference node, and the bottles in a ring are tyflow objects.
You can see, the lights and shadows are not accurate at all.

Any idea or solution?

I am using
tyflow v1.116
Vray 6 update 2.1
3dsMax 2025


Thanks a lot!

[tyFlow]

Please post or send the Max file. Impossible to guess without seeing it.

[andrasszada]

Please post or send the Max file. Impossible to guess without seeing it.

Hey, sure things. Thanks for helping.
See attached.

[tyFlow]

Seems like a weird issue with the geometry's normals...I'll look further into it.

In the meantime you can uncheck "preserve normals" for every entry in the Shape operator as a workaround...

[andrasszada]

Interestingly, unchecking Preserve Normals did help, but only like with half of the particles. 50% looks good now, 50% looks the same.
...
Just now, I tryed to refresh on the main Tyflow window and now 100% looks good. THANKS! That was the issue. Problem solved.

[andrasszada]

Hey, just a quick question.
I know this thread us about bugs/issues, but I was wondering, is there an easy way to distribute these shapes in a simple order. Like I have 16 objects/particles and I want all four reference object to be in the ring 4 times in order like blue/yellow/pink/green, and then the same order again. Instead of random.

See the pictures attached. Thanks for your help big time!

[tyFlow]

This "Miscellaneous" rollout of the Shape operator has more options to precisely control distribution.