Font Family: La Gioconda, Number of fonts: 6*TTF, Type Foundry: Letraset, Designer: Dave Farey, Richard Dawson, Design La Gioconda. Category: Fonts, Date:, 11:51, Views: 5015. Nov 4, 2008 - Sansation_Light.ttf.
Hello, Thank you for the information, oort! I was able to identify and hopefully solve the problem. I've released the new version v3.1.1-beta with the fixes: On the other side, I'm still (very slowly) updating the YafaRay plugin to v3. I've added a couple new features from the new v3.1.1-beta to the plugin (ability to choose the font size and select a custom ttf font). I've uploaded the new.beam file for you to try. Please when you select a TTF font file, in the file selection dialog you have to choose 'all files', otherwise it will only show image files and the TTF folders will appear to be empty. Not sure if Micheus could do something to help here so that field automatically looks for TTF files?
I still have a lot of work to do to get the plugin up to speed with all current features in v3.1.1-beta. So much to do and so little time!!!:-( By the way, now the Denoise options in the General tab work with v3.1.1-beta (I think they didn't work with v3.0.2-beta as those options were not yet defined in the Core XML interface). I hope you like the Denoise option (keep in mind it only works with non-HDR formats such as JPG, PNG, etc).
David, I don't know if it is something that I left out of the plugin or if it is a problem with YafaRay. I have noticed that in the Alpha Transparency Leaves example on my website that the leaves are partly transparent in areas where leaves are overlapping.
Maybe it is an issue with the Alpha map I have used??? I have circled the areas where the lower leaves can be seen through upper leaves in the image below. Thanks, oort David, I have never been able to get good results using a single image with diffuse and an alpha background. Not sure if something is missing from the plugin or if it is an issue with YafaRay.
In the past I have searched the YafaRay forum for information about this but have never found anything to solve the problem. See the example render below. Here is the Diffuse with Alpha texture I am using. Thanks, oort. I found a couple of webpages with information about using a single image with Alpha for leaves.
Based on this, I think it is the DVar setting that is missing and causing the problem. If I understand correctly the DVar setting controls the 'Scalar' setting. Quote:Dvar: default value for scalar type textures (Mirror Amount, Transparency, etc.) from this page. There are two settings for that: 'doscalar' (bool, default is true) and 'scalar' (float, default is 1.0). Problem now is figuring out where to put the code. So far I have not been able to get it right. Hopefully adding this will fix the problem.
Sorry, I've been quite busy lately. I hope to be able to work again on YafaRay and the Wings3D plugin from now on. Thank you all for the feedback. I will take a look at the remaining problem with Unicode and will try to implement the change suggested by Micheus. Also, I will take a look at the issue mentioned by oort. Please, oort, will you send me the Wings3D scene and all textures you were using so I can take a look? Also, if you could describe what exactly the problem is and how you would expect the scene to be rendered would be helpful.
Thanks again!