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# 1 12-05-2014 , 05:42 PM

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hello. i have the following problem with the cloud 3d texture. i need to make a sphere like the palantir in the LotR movie. i wanted to make a light material, attach a cloud 3d texture to it, and link ramp to the cloud colors, and then animate the cloud texture. but when i connect the ramp into the cloud color, the whole material becomes black.

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# 2 12-05-2014 , 06:36 PM

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You are going into the cloud texture colour..............dave

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# 3 12-05-2014 , 06:38 PM

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there are color 1 and color 2. if i set them to a single color - it works. but when i link ramp into one of them - everything turns black.

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# 4 12-05-2014 , 06:49 PM

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Just link the ramp to slot2 I think that should work.................dave

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# 5 12-05-2014 , 06:53 PM

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no, i have written already, that it doesnt work for each slot.

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# 6 12-05-2014 , 06:59 PM

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Sorry works fine for me in slot 2, delete the cloud texture and try again.................dave

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# 7 12-05-2014 , 07:10 PM

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here's the screenshot. it's black in render window.

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# 8 12-05-2014 , 07:32 PM

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Are you using vray that might be the problem...........dave

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# 9 12-05-2014 , 07:36 PM

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usually there's a warning message, when vray tries to render unsupported texture, but in this case not. anyway, do you know any other similar procedural texture which would work with vray?

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