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pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:31 am
by lacilaci
This is something I have hard time replicating in isolated scenes but several times already I had this problem where planar single sided meshes would disappear when rendered with pathOCL

pathOCL:
transp.jpg
pathCPU:
nottransp.jpg
mesh:
mesh.jpg
mesh has no problems and normals pointing the right way, in fact in past I've experienced this problem even with basic plane... I don't know yet how to replicate the problem..

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:53 am
by lacilaci
it's just so weird..

look at tables on the lower level, you can see their white tabletops even from distance...
The attachment lower.jpg is no longer available
but the ones on the top level suddenly have their top disappearing...
lower.jpg
these are all instances of the same object

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:05 am
by lacilaci
aaand, if I move the very same broken table from top level next to one on the lower level.. It's tabletop appears again normally.... I'm so confused
moved.jpg

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:28 pm
by B.Y.O.B.
Does the table have some weird transformation on it, like negative scale, or is it scaled up/down a lot?

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:35 pm
by kintuX
I think it's precision issue, starting with huge plane/boundary to satisfy the need for horizon... can you remove the big stuff from your scene and check again?

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:42 pm
by lacilaci
B.Y.O.B. wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:28 pm Does the table have some weird transformation on it, like negative scale, or is it scaled up/down a lot?
I tried reseting transforms it still shows...
tables.jpg
But I don't understand why some copies show normally (these are all a single linked collection)
But it's not related to linking since it happened to me once on multiple copies of a single plane in single scene where all planes went invisible for render until I added thickness...

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:43 pm
by lacilaci
kintuX wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:35 pm I think it's precision issue, starting with huge plane/boundary to satisfy the need for horizon... can you remove the big stuff from your scene and check again?
There is no ocean mesh anymore (it's disabled from rendering) what you see is just ground color set in sky shader

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:55 pm
by Dade
You should post a test scene.

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:02 pm
by lacilaci
I can make copies around the bad table and they're ok, but the moment I put a table in the spot as the bad one, it becomes also bad :D
Doesn't even need to be exactly at the same spot....
tables2.jpg

Re: pathOCL turning singlesided meshes transparent

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:04 pm
by lacilaci
Dade wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:55 pm You should post a test scene.
Yes I should, but I cannot replicate this error in an isolated scene... It only happens here... I have an idea how to replicate, will try tomorrow..