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  • VrayLight with VRayObjectProperty primary vis = 0 still visible.

    I know there are other workarounds, but wouldn't it be an expected behaviour that if you have some lights under a vrayObjectProperty node with primary visibility set to False, that the lights would be on, but not visible?
    Patrick Macdonald
    Lighting TD : http://reformstudios.com Developer of "Mission Control", the spreadsheet editor for 3ds Max http://reformstudios.com/mission-control-for-3ds-max/




  • #2
    VrayObjectProperties attribute is a node which is developed to operate with geometric objects not with lights, so I wouldn't expect from it to work properly with lights.
    The lights have a separate control over their Primary Visibility under their properties, it is a checkbox named Invisible.
    Svetlozar Draganov | Senior Manager 3D Support | contact us
    Chaos & Enscape & Cylindo are now one!

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    • #3
      Hi Svetlozar,
      Thanks for the reply,

      I think from an artists perspective, it would be beneficial for the VRayObjectProperties node to apply to the visibility of light "geo" too. Even if it was a checkbox that offered "affect lights".

      For example, if we have multiple render-layers, we typically group the geo to display in each layer and then apply a single VRayObjectProperty node to that group. If visible lights are part of the "look" of the geometry in a particular layer, then it would make sense that the visibility of those lights also respected the parent groups primary visibility attribute. We have this situation on a job at the moment, and it would make our lives easier if we didn't have to manually set overrides on every light.
      Patrick Macdonald
      Lighting TD : http://reformstudios.com Developer of "Mission Control", the spreadsheet editor for 3ds Max http://reformstudios.com/mission-control-for-3ds-max/



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      • #4
        I totally agree with you that a separate option for the lights in the VrayObjectProperties dialog will be very beneficial.

        However it would be better to request that feature in the wishlist section of the forums here:
        http://forums.chaosgroup.com/forumdi...-Maya-Wishlist
        Svetlozar Draganov | Senior Manager 3D Support | contact us
        Chaos & Enscape & Cylindo are now one!

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