How to use Volumetric Scatter Diffusion?

How to use Volumetric Scatter Diffusion?

morteza.cg
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How to use Volumetric Scatter Diffusion?

morteza.cg
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I'm having trouble using the new Scatter Diffusion feature in the Arnold volume shader.
I saved a VDB file from Bifrost Aero, created an Arnold volume, and applied the volume shader to it. Everything seems to work fine, except for the Scatter Diffusion.
No matter what values I use for the scatter diffusion attributes, I see no difference in the render—it’s as if those settings aren't working anything at all.

Is there something I might be missing or a step I'm overlooking?

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lee_griggs
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Hi Morteza, here are the settings used for the standard volume docs example.

 

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Lee Griggs
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morteza.cg
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Scatter_Diffustion_S.jpg
I tried your settings, but it's still not working! the result was the same.
My VDB file was quite heavy so I attached its Bifrost scene, you can check it out yourself.

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lee_griggs
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You need to increase the volume_ray_depth. See the UI above left.

 

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Lee Griggs
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morteza.cg
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oh shoot! I mistook that with sampling counts, my bad! 
now it works, thank you so much for your help.