RED DOTS and reflections

[metroberlin]

i finally changed to max 7 and suddenly i have this problem:



red dots on reflective materials !!! vray messages say: material returned overbright. it just happens when i have a gardient ramp or a bitmap in the enviroment slot. with pure white as reflection colour the dots are gone.
i also tried the "apply cropping script", no changes ! all materials are vray materials.

i use max 7 with the latest vray version (1.46.10)

any ideas ? plleeeaaase...

[metroberlin]

also no vray lights in the scene (no decay problem)

[egz]

could you post the scene?

[metroberlin]

http://www.kunstraum.tv/test_dots.zip

left out the map, not necessary.

thanks in advanced

[natty]

Hi metroberlin..

I think its that Mix map you are using.. turn it off and the dots go away.

[Sushidelic]

You have applied a camera correction modifier and kept "max compatible shade context" checked - if you uncheck, everything is fine.
It renders much cleaner that way as well.

Best regards, Michael

[natty]

Yep ....that also works .. didnt notice that

[metroberlin]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......... ..

thanks !!!!!!! *bang the head*

[metroberlin]

and it such a well known issue......grrrhh...and now i forgot it once.
thanks to all hints.

[natty]

Funny thing is that it still doesnt happen when you remove the Mix map but still keep the max compatible shade context on ?? odd

[metroberlin]

right....strange

[TishoChaos]

Hi Marc, I can't access your webpage - can you send me the scene on my email?

[Da_elf]

ive had that bug before too and if you want to hear something even more freaky. i wasnt using the camera correction modifyer however i had a gradient ramp for my sky and i had it turned 90 degrees. this bug turns up with the gradient ramp at 90 degrees. have it at 0 degrees and the red spots go away.

[metroberlin]

same here, i used a 90 degrees turned gradient map. when the map is out of the scene it works. must be a baaad bug

[andrewjohn81]

there should be a list on the help page about these sorts of issues. AND they should update the help pages to have the same settings that is actually in v 1.47.03 or whatever else is current. In a few years down the road it'll be 1.5. lol