Noise Function Vector Displacement

[Anonymous]

This type of noise displacement would be extremely useful to me, but I don't know how to implement the shader in Maya. The code looks like it may be C++ for Arnold Standalone?

https://support.solidangle.com/display/A5ARP/Vector+Displacement

Any way I can utilize this in Maya?

[maxtarpini]

https://support.solidangle.com/display/A5ARP/Creating+a+Simple+Plugin

[zenop]

If you want some more info, I wrote a very small introduction to c++ shaders in Arnold last year. It was written for Arnold 4, but the structure is still very similar.

http://zenopelgrims.com/writing-lightfilter-arnold-renderer/

[Anonymous]

Thanks @Max Tarpini and @Zeno Pelgrims! I managed to compile the shader and brought it into Maya. The noise function works pretty well and is a very useful 3D texture.

The derivative deflection that causes the displacement to inflate outward doesn't work unfortunately. I believe that's tied to the "bloom" attribute. Maybe Arnold standalone behaves differently than the Maya plugin?