GetRenderInfo

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On 27/12/2002 at 04:11, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   8.012 
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what is the meaning of the constants

    
    
    CHANNEL_RAYTRACING,[CODE]
    
    
    CHANNEL_DIRECTBUMP

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    when returned by 

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    virtual LONG ShaderData::GetRenderInfo(PluginShader* sh)

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The explanation in the SDK is a bit short :-(

    
    
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    Michael

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On 30/12/2002 at 01:18, xxxxxxxx wrote:

CHANNEL_RAYTRACING is required for some of the functions in VolumeData (search for it there). CHANNEL_DIRECTBUMP is set if the shader returns a bump vector instead of a bump color.
I've added these descriptions to the docs. Thanks for reporting!

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On 30/12/2002 at 07:09, xxxxxxxx wrote:

That makes it clear, thanks.
Michael