Bump no longer works

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I have always had good bump results recently. But recently it stopped working. Too bad, hope you have an idea? I would be delighted!

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Rhino 8 SR13 2024-11-12 (Rhino 8, 8.13.24317.13001, Git hash:master @ ca3666c3ebed2b9567e10930077bfa0884f65db9)
License type: Commercial, Build 2024-11-12
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.22631 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 64GB)
.NET 7.0.0

Computer platform: DESKTOP

Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (NVidia) Memory: 24GB, Driver date: 7-30-2024 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 560.81
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #0
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #1

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
GPU Tessellation is: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 7-30-2024
Driver Version: 32.0.15.6081
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 24564 MB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.13.24317.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “LeerlaufProzessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.13.24317.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.13.24317.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.13.24317.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.13.24317.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.13.24317.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

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Hi Jan -

You should probably post a 3dm file but perhaps the comments in this YT help? https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-84958/Bump-textures-not-rendered
-wim

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Ok, with the values 100 and 50 you can see something again. My last reading was 10 and 5…thanks

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Hi @wim, i can confirm bump mapping does not work at all in the current and at least the last 7 releases of Rhino 8. Even with strength values like 50 or 100 the bump maps are hardly visible. I’ll send you a file via PM for comparison.

thanks,
c.

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You can try even higher values. 1000 for bump strength can be normal depending a bit on scene type, and larger bump distance can also be necessary.

See my comments in the linked YT issue.

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thanks @nathanletwory,

after trying values from 10 - 100000 without seeing much of a difference i’ve investigated a bit and found that the bump effect is influenced by some emaps which are also assigned to the same materials. Once i turn them off, i can clearly see the bump effect.

I’ll invite you to the PM with @wim so you can test this yourself with the provided example files.

thanks,
c.

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Right, that’s a combo I haven’t tested - probably ever.

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