Simple portal vs Portal

[Yaroslav_L]

Hi guys.
What is the difference between Portal and Simple portal?
I haven't find visible diff in the simple interior test.
Any experience in it?
Thanks.

[voytov]

Re: Simple portal vs Portal

Let's say you have something glowing with colors near to the window where you placed "skylight portal" (eg. Christmas tree), "Simple portal" will ignore it and just take skylight values to transmit into the interior.
"Skyligt portal" should sample the whole lighting situation near that window and pass a mix of different colors of light.
That's the way it should work. I generally also don't see any difference probably because my scenes are too simple

[Yaroslav_L]

Re: Simple portal vs Portal

Thank U Vojtov.
Are U using 2.49?
Because in 2.56 this light sources has another names...
Skylight portal = Portal?
Simple portal = Simple portal...

P.S. "Notify me when a reply is posted" don't working

[voytov]

Re: Simple portal vs Portal

You re right! I'm still very much used to 2.49 setups. Curently I have projects in both 2.56 and 2.49, but generally I open new ones in 2.56 - it simply has more rocking funcionalities implemented

..So, the simple portal will not transmit any ilumination other than environment and by that it will render quicker.
http://www.spot3d.com/vray/help/150SP1/light_params.htm