Energy preservation mode

[RichardBlank]

It would be nice to have energy preservation mode in the vray material with RGB and monochrome.
Is this possible?

[vlado]

Yes, it is on the "to do" list, but requires some more heavy reworking of the way the V-Ray material is translated in Maya. We will get there eventually.

Best regards,
Vlado

[glorybound]

energy preservation mode

What is that?

[instinct]

Check the docs for examples here:

http://www.spot3d.com/vray/help/150S...flection_color

Regards,
Thorsten

[snivlem]

Does this have a big effect on overall light bounce in scenes? It is interesting because I know mental ray mia_materials obey this law, kind of surprised to see this not supported in Maya (as of yet of course).

[vlado]

No, it does not affect the overall light; it's just a different way of distributing light between the reflection and the diffuse layer.

Best regards,
Vlado

[varx3d]

I know that it's a very old thread to revive, but still I cannot find it in the latest 2.45 night builds.Has it been actually implemented?

[vlado]

I know that it's a very old thread to revive, but still I cannot find it in the latest 2.45 night builds.Has it been actually implemented?

Not yet; you can get it through the BRDFVRayMtl material if you create one explicitly from Create > V-Ray > Create from plugin > BRDF material.

Best regards,
Vlado