Vred Design - Water caustics

[Pete-S]

Hey guys, 

I'm trying to produce some renders of a motor yacht but i'm missing the water caustics that would help finish off the image. In fact I'm having to use a chrome shader with stretched bump structure to simulate the water itself.  

Is there anyway I can get water caustics to reflect on the above water section of the hull?

[florian.dyck]

Hi Peter 

I just tried and somehow VRED Design doesn't calculate GI with caustics. I used Professional and it worked, but not with Design. I attached to scene file for you to test. If you like, send me your hull and water surface and I can render for you 😉

[Pete-S]

Hi Florian,

Thanks for the reply. I've just tried your test file and I'm also not getting caustics in Vred Design, perhaps it's not something that design is equiped with... 😞 I'll keep looking. Unfortunately I can't give you the hull design for you to have a go in pro with at present as it has not reached a stage where it can be shared publicly.