picking mesh as light

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

Hi all,

so far havent been successfull picking it...

any clues anone?

ta

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

managed to pick the light, but the light just doubles the mesh ...so now i have mesh and mesh light and if i delete the mesh , the light looses the mesh properties...

am i missing something or am i stupid?

[Morbid Angel]

you need to create the vray light first. From there you can pick the mesh.
Or you can assign a vraylight material and check direct illumination, which will be same thing.

[natty]

managed to pick the light, but the light just doubles the mesh ...so now i have mesh and mesh light and if i delete the mesh , the light looses the mesh properties...

am i missing something or am i stupid?

Yeah sometimes that happens, just make the mesh invisible to camera. But the light mesh is a great feature and you will find yourself using a lot for mesh light fittings ect..

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

right but when i pick the mesh, i get vray mesh light AND the mesh object, once i delete the mesh, the meshed light dissapears too....

...will have to try this again tomorrow when i have max open....i think the scene i was using was behaving really weird

will try it with brand new one

[rmejia]

From the help:
http://www.spot3d.com/vray/help/150SP1/light_params.htm

"Replace mesh with light - if this option is checked when you pick the mesh it will be removed and the V-Ray mesh light will be created in its place."

Try checking that option box to see. Should replace the mesh with the light and hide the original mesh.

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

ive just tried all sorts of combinations

but

i ve never managed to replace the mesh with light? how come?
do you think i should reinstal vray?

i mean..i know i can alway hide the mesh from camera but its quite silly...

[vlado]

What kind of object are you trying to pick?

Best regards,
Vlado

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

i reinstalled the whole vray....and it works, but i have to follow exactly this procedure:

- create the mesh light dummy
- deselect it
- create the mesh object
- select the mesh light dummy
- pick the mesh object with the "replace" checked

any other diffrent way doesnt allow the mesh object to dissappear.

i ve noticed that with the previous vray install, i was getting some MaxScript errors upon opening Max.....there is a slight possibility that the SP2 uninstaller left something behind that was conflicting with SP3???? just my guess

great thing is that its sorted now ))))

Thank you guys!