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I need to have two smoke domains overlap each other due to the fire having different textures as well as one being affected by wind, rotating, etc. But for some reason they don't overlap right. This means that when I have the two domains overlapping each other, one domain covers the other and makes this bad effect. This is what the effect looks like:

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Anyways to fix this? Thanks!

GodzillaDude
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The Problem

Your problem is that you are currently determining material transparency with Z Transparency. This doesn't work, since Z Transparency calculates the alpha per-face. When your domains intersect, it doesn't recalculate the alpha.

If the Domains Move or Change Size/Shape

Change the Transparency method to Raytrace:

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This will slow down your render a little bit, since it is calculating the transparency per pixel instead of per face, but it isn't too significant and definitely produces a cleaner render:

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If the Domains Do Not Move

If your domains are static, instead of using the Raytrace method, you can fix this by cutting an outline at the intersecting parts of your domain (easier shown than said):

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This way, the faces of the domain inside the other domain are calculated separately from the faces outside the other domain.

Scott Milner
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  • I tried changing both domains to Raytrace but I got the same result...I think I made a mistake.. – GodzillaDude Apr 12 '17 at 20:25
  • @GodzillaDude No, I'm sorry. The mistake was mine. My solution does not actually work. I am deleting this answer now. I recommend you look at the solution commented as a possible duplicate, or try using the Cycles render engine. – Scott Milner Apr 12 '17 at 22:39
  • Reverting this for a bit. @GodzillaDude check again if you missed something as per flag. – iKlsR Apr 13 '17 at 05:49
  • Ah never mind, that was on me. I didn't check fast enough. I will, however, up this answer because it answers the question for people who work in Cycles. But if anyone knows the answer to this and works in Internal, I'm open to suggestions. iKIsR, thank you very much for going out of the way to revert that, greatly appreciated! – GodzillaDude Apr 13 '17 at 06:09