Water Render

[mazterz]

Hi forum,
I'm quite new to Vray and I wanted to render a swimming pool area. I've added a displacement map and everything looks fine except that the water doesn't seem to have a colour even tho i added a fog colour to it. The whole plane just appears transparent but I could see the displacement map. But its just transparent. Help!

[rspierenburg]

Do you have a picture of you render? I believe that in order for fog to work you need to have your water as an enclosed solid and have defraction on.

But to be honest I've never seen a pool with colored water. Usually you just see the color of the base of the pool, this is just my observation.

Rob

[nomeradona]

first be sure the displacment map is linked. I dont know if my tutorial can help you.. http://www.nomeradona.blogspot.com/2011/09/tutorial-how-to-create-pool-water-in.html

[valerostudio]

Go to the videos link that is pinned at the top of these forums, there is a video on pool water and caustics. This will answer all of your questions.

I really cannot stress enough, if you watch all of these vids, about 2 hours worth, you will really have a deep understanding of this plug-in.