Gradual wall lighting

[design7]

I am trying to get a cove light to cover more of the wall without blowing out the base. How can I achieve this?

I also don't want the ceiling to be lit (needs attenuation of some sort).

[design7]

Here is with a curved wall. How do I attenuate the light, or make the 'glow' extend farther without blowing the wall out?

[filip]

+1 here, have not found any workaround yet, added this as request to the new features and ideas thread New feature ideas 3 - Chaos Forums

[Buck]

If you're using Maya, you can use regular Maya lights instead of V-Ray lights, and choose different falloff calculations (Quadratic, cubic, Linear, None)

The other option might be to use multiple lights, placed differently up against the wall.

[design7]

3DS Max. Yeah, regular max lights have attenuation that's easy to control, but I don't believe I can easily make them different shapes (I'll have to look again). Seems like it should be a basic feature.