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So as my scene gets bigger and bigger, I have more and more mesh lights. I'm wondering if I can somehow create a parent light for the rest inside of Vray. It gets ridiculous inside of the light mix having light after light that are the same. I checked the documentation and it doesn't mention anything about light grouping. All I want is to somehow combine all these lights into a single object OR somehow link them together.
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You can use the 'group' setting in the lightselect element. Or you could instance lights, but the problem with that, is that you lose any viewport feedback on the instanced light, with it just appearing as a tiny dot...whic h i think is a maya bug.Last edited by francomanko; 09-04-2022, 08:52 AM. -
Has this maya / vray instanced light thing ever been addressed?Comment
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Not sure how it can be classified as a Maya bug if it's a Vray light. Vray lights are also classified by Maya's viewport filter as locators... something I complained about years ago but which has also never been addressed.Originally posted by francomanko View PostComment
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Im on Vray 6 still.Comment
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No, it has not in V-Ray 6 for Maya, update 2.2Originally posted by hermit.crab View Post
(v6.20.02 from May 29 2024)
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Okay, I reproduced the issue, and it seems to be a bug in Maya since it happens when instancing Arnold lights too. Maybe it is because of this limitation: "Instanced lights have no effect."
Instanced V-Ray Lights do work, though. I'll ask the devs if we can do something about the preview on our end.Last edited by hermit.crab; Today, 01:19 AM.Comment
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