D5 Particles casting shadows and blocking caustics

[wdcstudios3d]

I’m working on a water feature and I’m having trouble when adding particles from the asset library.

The particles seems to be casting shadows and blocking the caustics coming up from the water.

Is there away to stop the particles from casting shadows or affecting caustics?

I’m using D5pro version 3.0.1

Thanks in advance for any help.

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[Clov]

Hi @wdcstudios3d

Could you please specify which particle was used for this scene?

• Currently, there is no option to exclude the particle from shadow calculations. However, since the particle can also create caustics, I believe this shouldn’t completely prevent their formation. We will take this feedback into consideration for improvement.

[wdcstudios3d]

Hi @Clov

I’m just using multiples versions of Fountain and Fountain 05.

[Clov]

Hi @wdcstudios3d

Is it possible to share this file with us?

[wdcstudios3d]

Hi @Clov,

I DMed you a link to download my scene files.

[Clov]

Hi @wdcstudios3d

I just tested your file:

• The left image has no particles, and the right image has particles enabled.
  
  
• I’m using D5 Render 3.0.1.0683 with the latest NVIDIA Drivers, and with Path Tracing enabled.

We seem to have differentiating results, most especially when the particle is enabled.

• Have you tried doing a clean reinstallation of your drivers?
  
  
• Are there any specific settings that I may have missed that were enabled?

[wdcstudios3d]

Hi @Clov I’ll have to try reinstalling my drivers but the issue is present in your screenshot.
I copied part of the no particles render and moved it over to the particles enabled render and you can see the difference.

Also the difference is more noticeable with all of the particles enabled.