Principled Volume Shader doesn't interact properly with Instancing settings #60969

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M · 2019-01-29T06:26:57+01:00

M commented

2019-01-29 06:26:57 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 x64 (ES locale)
Graphics card: Nvidia GT 1030

Blender Version
Broken: 2.80, cad1016c20, 2019-01-28 16:46
Worked: New?

Short description of error
Using the instancing settings on a volumetric shaded object that has been parented to a controlling mesh doesn't work as expected and instead only produces 1 voxel volumetric instead of multiple.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Create a cube, add a new shader to it, delete the "Principled BSDF" node and connect a new "Principled Volume" node to the volume output node.
Turn on the volumetric setting in the render tab with Eevee as render engine.
Parent the volumetric cube to some other primitive, (in my example I'm using a slightly scaled up icosphere but anything works here)
Go to your secondary primitive (parent) and under the object tab in the properties panel set the "Instancing" setting to Verts or Faces, you can also untick "display instancer" for visibility.
Finally, turn the shading to Lookdev or Rendered (eevee), both will show the cube only instanced ONCE instead of for every vertice or face.

This bug makes it very hard to work with voxelized shapes for volumetric effects, greatly reducing te usefulness of this shader on Eevee.

volumesBug.blend

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 x64 (ES locale) Graphics card: Nvidia GT 1030 **Blender Version** Broken: 2.80, cad1016c20b5, 2019-01-28 16:46 Worked: New? **Short description of error** Using the instancing settings on a volumetric shaded object that has been parented to a controlling mesh doesn't work as expected and instead only produces 1 voxel volumetric instead of multiple. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** 1) Create a cube, add a new shader to it, delete the "Principled BSDF" node and connect a new "Principled Volume" node to the volume output node. 2) Turn on the volumetric setting in the render tab with Eevee as render engine. 3) Parent the volumetric cube to some other primitive, (in my example I'm using a slightly scaled up icosphere but anything works here) 4) Go to your secondary primitive (parent) and under the object tab in the properties panel set the "Instancing" setting to Verts or Faces, you can also untick "display instancer" for visibility. 5) Finally, turn the shading to Lookdev or Rendered (eevee), both will show the cube only instanced ONCE instead of for every vertice or face. This bug makes it very hard to work with voxelized shapes for volumetric effects, greatly reducing te usefulness of this shader on Eevee. [volumesBug.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6439583/volumesBug.blend) ![bug.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6439591/bug.png)

M commented

2019-01-29 06:26:57 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Matt-10

Jacques Lucke commented

2019-01-29 12:12:12 +01:00

Added subscriber: @JacquesLucke

Clément Foucault was assigned by Jacques Lucke

2019-01-29 12:12:12 +01:00

Jacques Lucke commented

2019-01-29 12:12:12 +01:00

There is definitely something strange going on here. When I open this file, the whole viewport is red.

There is definitely something strange going on here. When I open this file, the whole viewport is red. ![red volume.gif](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6442202/red_volume.gif)

M commented

2019-01-29 12:55:54 +01:00

That's wildly different from my result, but the example I provided also has non default values on the volume node I used to test with.

I reset blender to factory defaults and remade the example blend file with the default values on the volume node.

This is (still) my result:

volumeBug2.blend

That's wildly different from my result, but the example I provided also has non default values on the volume node I used to test with. I reset blender to factory defaults and remade the example blend file with the default values on the volume node. This is (still) my result: ![blender_2019-01-29_08-57-57.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6442522/blender_2019-01-29_08-57-57.png) [volumeBug2.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6442500/volumeBug2.blend)

blender-admin commented

2019-03-22 19:39:56 +01:00

This issue was referenced by dcbc46dacb

This issue was referenced by dcbc46dacb2fbc2582f3b9fe47d4a36519de668d

Clément Foucault commented

2019-03-22 19:43:46 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Clément Foucault closed this issue

2019-03-22 19:43:46 +01:00

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Principled Volume Shader doesn't interact properly with Instancing settings #60969