HDR Environment Vanishes the moment I start rendering..

[nirsul]

Hi

Using a Vray Bitmap with an HDR file as a background - both in 3ds max and inside Vantage. I see it in the Vantage viewport but the second I pressed render - it was gone ! I used this in a different scene and it worked...

[Alexander.Atanasov]

Hi nirsul,

Can you send a video that represent the issue? Does this happen in Live link or with a vrscene?

Best regards,
Alexander

[nirsul]

SOLVED
It seems that I had to put the HDR in the Background slot and not in the Sky. Could it be different in the previous version of Vantage ?

[npg]

You're not using "Same as environment" mode for the background, so it uses the image or color specified in "Background".

[Alexander.Atanasov]

Hi nirsul,

When using "Rendering animation with Chaos Vantage" in live link anything set in the Sky rollout will be reset to the setup that is inside Max(Dome light/Environment map texture. If 2 Dome lights are present in the Max scene one will be used and the other is skipped, you can see in the debug log which is used). The Background rollout settings do not get reset so that's why it is working and not getting reset.

Best regards,
Alexander