env and effects global lighting affecting render

[s_gru]

in the environment and effects of 3ds max 2022, it seems that global lighting > tint and level affects my rendered scene. if tint is black, then my vray plane lights (which are visible) become black or red or whatever tint color i assign.


is this correct behavior?

[s_gru]

here is an example

[hermit.crab]

I think so. That's a 3ds Max native option, which affects all lights in the scene (except ambient, which has its own control). White means no tint.

[^Lele^]

To specify, the color is multiplicative with the original one.

[s_gru]

just the color right? meaning, if the tint is white and the other colors black, it won't contribute to light in the scene. i guess i know this since i turn off all my vray lights and it renders black. seems like i remember something a long time ago about confusion i had with viewport lighting and these settings. feels like i'm getting that confusion again ha!