It seems bump maps dont show up in artic mode or any mode with ambient occlusion turned on. Is this a feature or a bug? Rendered mode [image] AO mode [image]

hi scott, not sure if this works but try “display mode” under properties on the right [display mode]

No that doesnt do it but thanks. It seems that when using ambient occlusion as your lighting source bumps dont show up.

Hi Scott Not sure what the intent is and how manual you want to be with it, but, if you go to shading settings in the Arctic display mode, you can set colour and material to “Rendering Material”. If you create a duplicate material that only has a bump map (no diffuse / colour texture) this will sh…

Thank you Stuart Ill give it a shot.

Yeah still not working. In version 7 or 8 . It appears that in any viewport mode when you change the scene lighting to ambient occlusion the texture disappears. Are you using the Mac version? Im on windows. [image] [image] [image]

Whats odd is color texture shows up. But the bump doesnt [image] [image]

I am on Mac, but I just logged on to my work pc to test and I can recreate there. I think the problem is that there is no contrast for the bump map; the light colour is white and the material is white. Try changing the material colour to 50% grey, and increase the reflectivity and reflection polish …

Changing the reflectivity was the issue. As soon as I adjusted that it showed up. Thank you Stuart. I suppose displacement would be another work around .

[image] Scott Schneider: I suppose displacement would be another work around Note that displacement requires dense geometry - it is not the best if you’re looking for just the visual effect. Especially the PBR displacement in material is pretty tough to get well.

Bump map in Arctic mode

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FilmDesigner (Scott Schneider) March 23, 2025, 9:09pm 11

Yeah thats why I was trying to find a bump solution. Displacement is nice but taxing. I Wonder if there is a work around like Modo has called “displacement as bump” .

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Bump map in Arctic mode

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