Vray Target/Direct Light

[jujubee]

Just a regular Vray light with a target would suffice (would be nice.)

[DaForce]

Yeah would be very handy. Getting sick of linking my vray lights to off direct lights just so that its easy to move and align vray lights

[Gijs]

I second this.

didn't know about that Daforce, nice tip

[DaForce]

hehehe thanks

quite simple.
place direct, turn off direct, create vray light, align to direct x y z and all rotations, then link vray light to direct.

Just remember if for any reason you want to use the direct to cast caustics...you will need to move the vray light back just behind the direct light cause the vray light will block the caustics...took my awhile to work that out @#(*$&*(#@&%

HAHHA

[ShaunDon]

The VRay light will block the direct even if it's invisible?

[DaForce]

didnt try that. Probabaly would work, but in my case i wanted the vray light to be visible in reflection, so that didnt cross my mind.

But yeah making the vray light invisible would probably let the caustics thru.

[CCS]

Vraylights are awesome for interiors. Is there any benefit to using them for exteriors as opposed to a target direct with vrayshadows?

[vlado]

It's probably better to use a normal direct light for exterior sunlight.

As for the target - you can assign a LookAt controller to the rotation of the VRay light, and use some dummy object as the target. That way you won't need another light just to be able to place the VRayLight.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Gijs]

I like that one even more. Thanks.

[DaForce]

Thats a good idea Vlado.
But using a direct for sunlight is somewhat limited to external arch vis IMHO.

Someone needs to script that into a handy button

[Gijs]

hmm, just tried the lookat constraint. It works fine but when I move the vraylight, it starts rotating around the lookat axis. Anyone knows how to solve that?

[trixian]

Set the up axis correctly