Incorrect documentation on parallax simple

[AaronBerney]

The popup info on the parallex simple node in the material graph editor, and the documentation to which it links, states "black - maximum concavity, white - no parallax effect is applied"

I did some experimentation and it appears to me that mid-grey is the zero point and white is convex. By eye it looks as though the height value input is the difference between white and black, e.g. if height is set to 0.3 metres then black is set back by 0.15 metres, and white is set forward by the same amount.

Is my observation correct? If so, I'm guessing, and hoping, that it's the documentation that is wrong and not the behaviour.

I'm using version 2.18

[silent]

Hi Aaron,

We will take a closer look into this and let you know where the issue is.

Thanks for pointing that out.

[silent]

Starting with 2.19 update Parallax Simple node will work almost like Parallax Occlusion. Description in documentation would match shader behavior.

This change will also allow us to switch materials (for example, use Parallax Simple on a far distance instead of Parallax Occlusion) in the future to save some performance on distant objects.

Thanks again for pointing that out! :)