Camera clipping + HDRI = black background?

[Vizioen]

Problem: Making an exterior render and I'm standing quite close to my building, actually I'm inside but I don't want it to show. So I use camera clipping. But even when I put my far range at maximum my sky renders pure black. I used to have this problem with 2.4 and completely forgot about it. But it appears it's still this way with the new physical camera and vray 3.3. Am I doing something wrong? My HDRI is in a VrayDome light. When I tick of clipping it works.

[Rick Eloy]

Instance the dome's HDRI into the background map slot.

[Vizioen]

Thank you that works, but then I have to use the horizontal rotation in the map instead of the lock to dome orientation. No problem. But if it's a bug or missing feature, it would be good that it can be solved internally.

Also, do I have to turn off the reflection/specular of the dome light then or does the background map only make the background and it has nothing to do with reflection?

[vlado]

It's somewhat of a limitation; the dome light is just far away from the scene and the clipping plane is, well, clipping it. We'll have to think of a work-around for that.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Vizioen]

It's somewhat of a limitation; the dome light is just far away from the scene and the clipping plane is, well, clipping it. We'll have to think of a work-around for that.

Best regards,
Vlado

Thank you Vlado, I'm sure you'll figure something out !

[cheerioboy]

My vote is for unlinking the near/far clipping. I pretty much almost never need far clipping. It's always near clipping that I use.

[vlado]

My vote is for unlinking the near/far clipping. I pretty much almost never need far clipping. It's always near clipping that I use.

Hmm. Anyone else in favor?

Best regards,
Vlado

[dlparisi]

Like Brendan, I don't think I've ever used far clipping. I've never encountered a need to separate them though so I guess it depends how much work it is.

[Vizioen]

Hmm. Anyone else in favor?

Best regards,
Vlado

Sounds like a good idea. I've never used far clipping either, but the option might come in handy, so to seperate them, if not too much work, is a good option.

[AlexP]

Another vote for unlinking them.
Never used far clipping.

[Crush]

Same here, we just need near clipping.

[NicoC]

Sounds like a good idea. I've never used far clipping either, but the option might come in handy, so to seperate them, if not too much work, is a good option.

Yup, same thing here. Gets my vote.

[Gibo]

+1 here, thanks.

[gadzooks]

come to think of it I have never used the far clipping feature as well. +1 for removing it.

[bardo]

My vote is for unlinking the near/far clipping. I pretty much almost never need far clipping. It's always near clipping that I use.

I vote for this.

It's very rare that I use also the far clipping.