VrayLight with VRayObjectProperty primary vis = 0 still visible.

[re:FORM]

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?

[Svetlozar Draganov]

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.

[re:FORM]

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.

[Svetlozar Draganov]

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