Vray Light Linking/grouping

[nathan_king1]

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.

[francomanko]

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.

[seandunderdale]

Has this maya / vray instanced light thing ever been addressed?

[SonyBoy]

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.

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.

[hermit.crab]

Has this maya / vray instanced light thing ever been addressed?

Which V-Ray version do you have installed? Doesn't seem to happen in V-Ray 7.

something I complained about years ago but which has also never been addressed.

It was addressed and should be fixed. Is this not the case on your end?

[seandunderdale]

Im on Vray 6 still.

[SonyBoy]

Which V-Ray version do you have installed? Doesn't seem to happen in V-Ray 7.



It was addressed and should be fixed. Is this not the case on your end?

No, it has not in V-Ray 6 for Maya, update 2.2

(v6.20.02 from May 29 2024)