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This page provides information about the supported .vrscene features exported from Corona for Cinema 4D.

Legend

– the feature is supported

partial – only some features are supported

– the feature is exported in a vrscene but is currently not supported in Arena

– the feature is not supported in Arena and currently also not exported into a vrscene

Materials

Corona Physical

UI	Native Name	Support	Notes
	metalness
	base color
	roughness
	IOR
	edge color
	bump	partial	Normal maps and/or shaders work as expected when using a simple setup (Bitmap > Corona Normal > Material bump slot), however they may not work correctly in more complex scenarios (e.g. mixing two Corona Normal maps and connecting the mix with the material bump slot).
	anisotropy
	translucency
$Chaos Arena > Corona for Cinema 4D Features > c4d_corona11_PhysicalMaterial_refraction.png$	refraction
	dispersion
	thin absorption	partial	Only constant absorption is supported. Textures/shaders are not supported.
	opacity	partial	Only Forced Clip mode is supported. The texture can only have fully opaque or fully transparent areas.
	displacement	partial	Vantage always applies smoothing to geometry edges, similar to using mesh tessellation or subdivision. Only single vector displacement or per-face normal displacement is exported. In case of per-face displacement, only the lowest water level is exported.
	clearcoat	partial	Clear coat bump is not supported.
	sheen
	volumetric absorption	partial	Only constant absorption is supported. Textures/shaders are not supported.
	volumetric scattering
	SSS
	self-illumination
	background overrides
	base tail
	complex IOR

Corona Legacy

UI	Native Name	Support
	diffuse
	translucency
	reflection color
	fresnel IOR
	reflection glossiness
	reflection anisotropy
$Chaos Arena > Corona for Cinema 4D Features > c4d_corona11_LegacyMaterial_refraction.png$	refraction color
	refraction IOR
	refraction glossiness
	dispersion
UI	Native Name	Support	Notes
	opacity	partial	Only Forced Clip mode is supported. The texture can only have fully opaque or fully transparent areas.
	bump	partial	Normal maps and/or shaders work as expected when using a simple setup (Bitmap > Corona Normal > Material bump slot), however they may not work correctly in more complex scenarios (e.g. mixing two Corona Normal maps and connecting the mix with the material bump slot).
	displacement	partial	Vantage always applies smoothing to geometry edges, similar to using mesh tessellation or subdivision. Only single vector displacement or per-face normal displacement is exported. In case of per-face displacement, only the lowest water level is exported.
	volumetric absorption	partial	Only constant absorption is supported. Textures/shaders are not supported.
	volumetric scattering
	SSS
	self-illumination
	background overrides

Other Materials

Name	Support	Notes
Corona Layered
Corona Ray Switcher		Empty channels require the "Rendering of opacity maps" option enabled in Vantage. This option is enabled automatically when using the "Open scene in Vantage..." option. However, if the scene is exported to the .vrscene format and loaded or merged into Vantage, you need to enable it manually. You can find this option in Vantage under Render Settings > Advanced > Materials > Opacity maps (clip mode) or Open Render Settings button > Enable rendering of opacity maps.
Corona Shadow Catcher
Corona Skin
Corona Hair
Corona Slicer
Corona Scanned
Corona Unsupported
Corona Select

Bump

Name	Support	Notes
Standard bump	partial
Normal map/shader	partial	Normal maps and/or shaders work as expected when using a simple setup (Bitmap > Corona Normal > Material bump slot), however they may not work correctly in more complex scenarios (e.g. mixing two Corona Normal maps and connecting the mix with the material bump slot).

Displacement

Name	Support	Notes
Normal displacement	partial	Vantage always applies smoothing to geometry edges, similar to using mesh tessellation or subdivision.
Vector displacement
Per-face normal
Per-face vector/mixed		Only single vector displacement or per-face normal displacement is exported.
Water level		In case of per-face displacement, only the lowest water level is exported.

Geometry

Name	Support	Notes
Triangle meshes
Hair
Corona Proxy		Corona Proxy is currently exported as a regular mesh.
Corona Decal	partial	Requires Vantage 2.4.0 or newer.
Dimensions
Bend	partial	Only Bend Width is supported.
Corona Decal Max Angle Blur	partial	There may be minor differences between the appearance of a Decal in Corona and Vantage. Specifically, the center of the Decal can be partly transparent in Corona, but it is always opaque in Vantage.
Bump	partial	Decal bump always replaces or adds to the base; the "Base only" mode is exported as "Add to base".
Displacement		Displacement is always taken from the base object.
Affect Material
Include/Exclude
Corona Pattern modifier
Chaos Scatter		Currently scattered instanced export as individual instances. Future optimizations are planned.
VolumeGrid

Lights

Name	Support	Notes
Corona light (sphere, rectangle, disk)	partial	Some advanced features like "prevent black appearance" do not work.
Corona light - other shapes	partial	Converted as emissive mesh. It works in Vantage but is not listed in the Lights tab.
Corona light material	partial
Non-physical lights (spot, point, etc.)

Camera

Name	Support	Notes
Basic perspective and orthogonal
Spherical, Cylindrical, Fisheye etc
DOF
Resolution/aspect ratio
Near/far clipping
Multiple camera export		Only the active camera is exported.

Environment

Name	Support	Notes
Constant color environment
Textured environment	partial	Only bitmaps, optionally with basic color correction, are supported. The current version loads with incorrect rotation in Vantage.
Physical environment (CoronaSky)	partial
Sky models	partial	The Rawa-fake model is not supported.
Clouds
Contrails
Volume effect
Multiple environments
Corona Sun
Global volume

Maps/Shaders

Name	Support	Notes
TextureMap	partial	Files added via the Cinema 4D Asset Browser / Database are not supported as they are not stored on the hard drive but within the Cinema 4D scene itself.
ConstantColorMap
ColorCorrectMap
DebugMap	partial	Only the UVW mode and Wire color mode are supported.
CheckerMap
FrontBackMap		Replaced by Mtl2Sided in export.
GradientMap
MaxFalloffMap
MixMap	partial	The divide, gamma, linear light, and vivid light modes are not supported.
MultiMap (MultiShader)	partial	Only some modes are supported.
MapRandomizer	partial	Only UVW randomization and only some modes are supported.
Triplanar
SelectMap
NormalMap	partial	Normal maps and/or shaders work as expected when using a simple setup (Bitmap > Corona Normal > Material bump slot), however they may not work correctly in more complex scenarios (e.g. mixing two Corona Normal maps and connecting the mix with the material bump slot).
Bitmap	partial	Files added via the Cinema 4D Asset Browser / Database are not supported as they are not stored on the hard drive but within the Cinema 4D scene itself.
Color
Filter
Checkerboard
Fresnel
Falloff	partial	Only directions aligned to +-X, +-Y or +-Z are supported.
Gradient	partial	Rotated gradient has different clamping/cycle; Some modes are not supported; Turbulence is not supported.
Fusion	partial	Only some modes are supported.
Layer	partial	Some modes are not supported. Most of the effects are ignored. This will be fixed in the future.
Noise	partial	Only a few of the noise types and mapping spaces are supported.