Render To Texture: VRayLightingMap

[chris_rw]

I'm trying to render out shadow/lighting information out to use in a baked texture environment. Not using VRay, rendering the Texture Element 'LightingMap' works perfectly, exactly what I want. But turning on Vray, and using VrayLightingMap, it renders out a diffuse map, not the base lighting/shadow information I need. What am I missing here? Thanks!

[RErender]

I believe the vrayrawlightingmap is what you want, but I am recovering from my last night at Siggy and am not entirely clear on anything.

[chris_rw]

Vrayrawlightingmap just renders out a completely black image. I'm still a bit confused over what I'm doing wrong, or if VRay is even able to bake this.

Thanks for any information!

[vlado]

What kind of materials are you using? What if you try this on a simple scene?

Best regards,
Vlado

[chris_rw]

It was done with standard textures. Should I convert these to VrayMtl? It was done on a pretty simple model

[chris_rw]

I tried it with VrayMtls and it worked! But right after it saves out the baked map, Max crashes. Is there a reason for this/am I doing something wrong?

[vlado]

What format are you saving to? Try .png and see if it works. If you still get a crash, you can try to send me your scene to vlado@chaosgroup.com and I'll see what may be wrong.

Best regards,
Vlado