Texture Baking - Self Illumination Option Missing

[Infrared digital]

Hi

I am trying to follow the VRay Texture Baking tutorial but cannot find the Self Illumination option for the Target Map Slot.

http://www.spot3d.com/vray/help/200R...king_part1.htm

Does anyone know which one of the available options to use ?

Thanks

N

[vlado]

Can you post a screenshot of your RTT settings? The target slot options depend on what kind of material you have selected in the "Baked Material" section.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Infrared digital]

Hi Vlado

Thanks for getting back to me.



Also, when I render the textures they render correctly in the frame buffer but save as black.

Thanks

N

[Infrared digital]

I have changed the Baked Material to VRayLightMtl and changed the Target Map Slot to LightColor.

The maps are rendering in Max correctly but save as flat black images.

I can send you the file if that might help ?

When the render had finished, I cloned the render viewport and saved those out and now I can see the unwrapped textures. So, I am not sure why the Render To Texture process is saving them out as black images.

[vlado]

For the black textures, disable the V-Ray VFB if it is on, changing the file format might also help (I know that there have been issues with some file formats).

Best regards,
Vlado

[Infrared digital]

I have tried disabling the VRay Frame Buffer and saving as different file types but the unwrapped texture maps still come out black.

[vlado]

Then I will need a scene or a way to reproduce this here, as it generally works fine... if you like, you can send it to vlado@chaosgroup.com

Best regards,
Vlado

[Infrared digital]

Vlado, I have sent the max file. I am wondering something else, can texture baking handle medium sized scenes ?

Thanks

N

[vlado]

So you need to use the VRayXXXXX bake elements, i.e. VRayCompleteMap, not the standard ones (CompleteMap etc).

About the "medium sized scenes" I did not understand this one. From the point of view of V-Ray, texture baking is just like a normal render.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Infrared digital]

Vlado

You are the man !

Many thanks

N