Who knows what these light fragments are?

[Marshall_Craft]

hey, I can't even tell if this is a material or a render settings issue, but you can see in the linked image below that i'm getting light residue on some of my ceiling tiles. i don't know enough about subdivisions to figure out if that's the problem, but i'm hoping some of you will be able to point me in the right direction. i can post render settings if you think it's necessary. thanks in advance.

http://discussion.autodesk.com/servl.../For%20Web.jpg



- Alex

[natty]

Hi Alex ..

its probably due to the lights and the material... your setting are probably very low aswell ..

[Marshall_Craft]

thanks for the quick response, which settings would you guess need modifying? here are my settings:

http://discussion.autodesk.com/servl...0for%20Web.jpg

thanks again.


- Alex

[Marshall_Craft]

I just tried playing around, and the junk disappeared after I turned off Light Cache as my secondary GI engine. Can anyone look over my LC settings and see if they can see the problem? I think my images come out with better shading when I use both. Thanks.


http://discussion.autodesk.com/servl...ht%20Cache.jpg

- Alex

[Marshall_Craft]

After reading through as many posts as I could get through on GI, Irr Maps, and LC, I decided to precalculate my GI with Irr Map and LC, and then just use the calculated Irr Map for the actual renderings. I thought I had my settings right, but this linked image proves I screwed something up. I keep fiddling with the settings, but I could use some direction. Thanks in advance for any help (or construction criticism.) hell, i'd even take destructive criticism at this point...


http://discussion.autodesk.com/servl.../For%20Web.jpg

- Alex

[RErender]

Do ou have any Raytrace or Achitectural materials in there?

[chicoone]

Could you post a listing of all lights in the scene and the status of the max exposure control rollout and the Vray System settings?

Ismael

[Marshall_Craft]

no raytrace anything and absolutely no architectural materials (at least there had better not be...) i would do a print screen right now if the computer weren't crunching away on some IR Map calculations. As soon as I can, I will post shots of the exposure control, the light lister, and the Vray System settings. I know that I am only using standard and Vray lights (no photometrics,) and Max's exposure control should be off. Thanks for the responses!

- Alex