When I connect the ColorRamp node to the displacement output I don't get the same kind of deformation.

Question

Here's what I've got so far. I've turned adaptive on for all the icicles. There's no change in the shape of my icicles like how Kent's become a little bumpier and deformed after connecting the ColorRamp node to the material output. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Answer 1 · 2019-03-28T20:15:04Z

Kent Trammell replied March 28, 2019 8:15pm

What if you add a Math node after the color ramp, change the operation to Multiply, and multiply value 1 (color ramp input) by 5, then 10, etc. Does that start to deform the model as expected?

Answer 2 · 2019-04-02T05:29:27Z

replied April 2, 2019 5:29am

I restarted from the beginning just in case I missed something but I'm running into the same problem.

This is the node setup.

This is the render when multiply is 1.00

And here's 5x multiply

And here's 10x

Answer 3 · 2019-04-02T06:26:54Z

replied April 2, 2019 6:26am

I think I just figured it out. I had to change the node surface setting from 'bump only' to 'displacement and bump'.

Answer 4 · 2019-04-02T13:15:43Z

Kent Trammell replied April 2, 2019 1:15pm

Ahh yep, that will do it. Glad you solved it 👊